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souffrir le martyre

French, verb/su.fʁiʁ lə maʁ.tiʁ/

souffrir le martyre is a French verb meaning “to be in agony, to suffer agony, to suffer terribly” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Endurer une souffrance extrême”.

What does souffrir le martyre mean in English?

verb

  1. 1

    to be in agony, to suffer agony, to suffer terribly

Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How French dictionaries define it

verb: 1. Endurer une souffrance extrême.

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.

How do you pronounce souffrir le martyre?

  • /su.fʁiʁ lə maʁ.tiʁ/
  • \su.fʁiʁ lə maʁ.tiʁ\

Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.