perplexe

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin perplexus, composed by per- + plexus, past participle of the verb plectere.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pɛʁ.plɛks/

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• Homophone: perplexes
• Hyphenation: per‧plexe

Adjective

perplexe (plural perplexes)

1. puzzled, perplexed

Derived terms

• perplexité

Descendants

• → German: perplex

Further reading

• “perplexe”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

German

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pɛʁˈplɛksə/
• Hyphenation: per‧ple‧xe

• Audio (Germany (Berlin)):

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Adjective

perplexe

1. inflection of perplex:
   1. strong/mixed nominative/accusative feminine singular
   2. strong nominative/accusative plural
   3. weak nominative all-gender singular
   4. weak accusative feminine/neuter singular

Latin

Adjective

perplexe

1. vocative masculine singular of perplexus

References

• “perplexe”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “perplexe”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “perplexe”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• perplexe in Ramminger, Johann (16 July 2016 (last accessed)), Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700‎, pre-publication website, 2005-2016