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    Dépouille (en. Spoil)

    /de.pu.j/

    Meaning & Definition

    EnglishFrench
    noun
    Translation: The physical envelope of a living being after its death.
    Translation: The king's corpse was buried with full honors.
    La dépouille du roi a été enterrée avec tous les honneurs.
    Translation: The state of someone who has lost everything they had.
    Translation: After the war, he was left with only his corpse.
    Après la guerre, il ne lui restait que sa dépouille.
    Translation: The set of small elements that remain after butchering.
    Translation: The carcasses of the animals found in the forest were alarming.
    Les dépouilles des animaux retrouvées dans la forêt étaient inquiétantes.

    Etymology

    Translation: From Latin 'depoliare' meaning 'to strip, to unclothe'.

    Common Phrases and Expressions

    Translation: relics of a saint
    Translation: The bodily remains of a saint or martyr.
    dépouille d'un saint
    Translation: to strip someone of everything they have
    Translation: To take everything a person owns.
    dépouiller quelqu'un

    Related Words

    Translation: to strip
    Translation: Action of removing clothes or belongings from someone.
    dépouiller
    Translation: burial
    Translation: Place where a dead person is laid, often a tomb.
    sépulture

    Slang Meanings

    Translation: A person in a very poor state.
    Translation: He has reached a point where only his corpse remains.
    Il est arrivé à un point où il ne reste que sa dépouille.
    Translation: To have the appearance of a corpse, very tired.
    Translation: After that sleepless night, I look like a corpse.
    Après cette nuit blanche, je ressemble à une dépouille.