"perplexe" meaning in Français

See perplexe in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

IPA: \pɛʁ.plɛks\, \pɛʁ.plɛks\ Audio: LL-Q150 (fra)-DSwissK-perplexe.wav , LL-Q150 (fra)-Poslovitch-perplexe.wav Forms: perplexes [plural, masculine, feminine]
Rhymes: \ɛks\
  1. Qui est dans une grande incertitude, dans une irrésolution pénible sur ce qu’il doit faire ou penser.
    Sense id: fr-perplexe-fr-adj--zIZnet2 Categories (other): Exemples en français
  2. Ce qui cause de la perplexité ou de l’irrésolution.
    Sense id: fr-perplexe-fr-adj-wQm0czxm
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Translations: perplex (Allemand), perplexed (Anglais), perplexing (Anglais), حائر (Arabe), متحيّر (Arabe), متردّد (Arabe), perplex (Catalan), perplejo (Espagnol), perpleksa (Espéranto), päättämätön (Finnois), perplexo (Galicien), perplexa (Ido), perplesso (Italien), niepewny (Polonais), niezdecydowany (Polonais), perplexo (Portugais), растерянный (Russe), geainnoheapme (Same du Nord), rådvill (Suédois)

Inflected forms

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          "text": "Cependant, face au récit de la vie de Macaire le Copte, ce père du désert imaginé par Weyergans, le lecteur reste perplexe : peut-on vraiment trouver la sainteté en s'abîmant ainsi dans la recherche des frustrations et en s'exposant de la sorte aux maladies sournoises de la malnutrition, isolé de toute relation humaine ?"
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          "ref": "Claire Kappler, Roger Grozelier, L'inspiration, 2006",
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      "lang": "Arabe",
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      "word": "perplex"
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      "word": "perplejo"
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      "word": "perpleksa"
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      "lang": "Galicien",
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      "word": "perplexo"
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      "word": "perplexa"
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      "lang": "Italien",
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      "word": "perplesso"
    },
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      "lang": "Polonais",
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      "word": "niepewny"
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      "lang": "Polonais",
      "lang_code": "pl",
      "word": "niezdecydowany"
    },
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      "lang": "Portugais",
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      "word": "perplexo"
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      "word": "растерянный"
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      "lang": "Same du Nord",
      "lang_code": "se",
      "word": "geainnoheapme"
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      "lang": "Suédois",
      "lang_code": "sv",
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      "word": "perplex"
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      "word": "perplexo"
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      "word": "perplexa"
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      "word": "perplesso"
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      "word": "niepewny"
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      "lang": "Polonais",
      "lang_code": "pl",
      "word": "niezdecydowany"
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      "lang_code": "pt",
      "word": "perplexo"
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      "word": "растерянный"
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      "word": "geainnoheapme"
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