étourdi
See also: êtourdi
French
Etymology
From étourdir.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /e.tuʁ.di/
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Participle
étourdi (feminine étourdie, masculine plural étourdis, feminine plural étourdies)
- past participle of étourdir
Adjective
étourdi (feminine étourdie, masculine plural étourdis, feminine plural étourdies)
- stunned
- dizzy, giddy
- 1969, “Les Champs-Élysées”, Pierre Delanoë (lyrics), Michael Wilshaw (music), performed by Joe Dassin:
- Hier soir deux inconnus et ce matin sur l’avenue / Deux amoureux tout étourdis par la longue nuit
- Last night, two strangers, and this morning on the avenue / Two lovers all giddy from the long night
- scatterbrained, distracted
Further reading
- “étourdi”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
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