périr

périr [peʀiʀ]

➭ TABLE 2 intransitive verb

(literary) to perish

• périr noyé to drown

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peʀiʀ

verbe intransitif

1) (mourir) liter to die, to perish littér

2) Nautisme [navire] to go down

3) (disparaître) liter [œuvre] to be destroyed

4) (se détériorer) [denrées] to perish

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peʀiʀ vi

lit to perish

périr noyé — to die by drowning

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périr verb table: finir vi

1 (mourir) liter to die (de of); faire périr qn/qch to kill sb/sth; il a péri noyé he was drowned, he drowned;

2 Naut [navire] to go down;

3 (disparaître) liter [œuvre] to be destroyed; [culture, liberté, espoir, souvenir] to perish littér; [empire, régime] to fall;

4 (se détériorer) [denrées] to perish.

[perir] verbe intransitif

1. (littéraire) [personne, souvenir] to perish (littéraire), to die

péri en mer lost at sea

2. (soutenu) [idéal] to be destroyed