désemparé
French, adjective
désemparé is spelled D-É-S-E-M-P-A-R-É (9 letters) and appears about once in every 2 million words in written French, the 43,844th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Désemparé is a French adjective meaning “distraught, at a loss” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a past participle of désemparer. With an accent, désempare is a different word: “first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive”. The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Qui ne sait plus quoi faire, quoi décider, qui est privé de ses moyens, à la suite d'un événement”.
What does désemparé mean in English?
adjective
- 1
distraught, at a loss
- 2
in distress
verb
- 1
past participle of désemparer
verb
- 1
first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
- 2
second-person singular imperative
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Qui ne sait plus quoi faire, quoi décider, qui est privé de ses moyens, à la suite d'un événement.
noun: 1. Celui qui ne sait plus quoi faire, quoi décider, qui est privé de ses moyens, à la suite d'un événement.
The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.
Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of désemparé
- désemparée feminine
- désemparés masculine plural
- désemparées feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to désemparé
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is désemparé in French?
désemparé appears about once in every 2 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).