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    Trempés (en. Soaked)

    [tʁɑ̃pe]

    Meaning & Definition

    EnglishFrench
    adjective
    Refers to something that has been immersed in a liquid.
    The clothes were soaked after walking in the rain.
    Les vêtements sont trempés après avoir marché sous la pluie.
    Describes an object that has absorbed a liquid.
    The bread was soaked in the soup.
    Le pain était trempé dans la soupe.
    Expresses a situation or state of saturation by a liquid.
    The books were all soaked by the flood.
    Les livres étaient tous trempés par l'inondation.

    Etymology

    From the verb 'to soak', derived from the Latin 'temperare' which means 'to mix'.

    Common Phrases and Expressions

    soaked to the bone
    Completely wet, excessively so.
    trempé jusqu'aux os
    to be soaked
    To be wet, often because of rain.
    être trempé
    to dip the biscuit
    To immerse a biscuit in a drink, such as tea or coffee.
    tremper le biscuit

    Related Words

    to soak
    To plunge something into a liquid.
    tremper
    to imbibe
    To saturate something with liquid.
    imbiber
    to wet
    To make something wet with a liquid.
    mouiller

    Slang Meanings

    To be completely underwater, either in terms of financial difficulty.
    After all those expenses, I am financially soaked.
    Après toutes ces dépenses, je suis trempé financièrement.
    To be in an embarrassing or unpleasant situation.
    He was so soaked by his joke that he didn't know where to hide.
    Il était tellement trompé par sa blague qu'il ne savait plus où se mettre.