désarroi

French

Etymology

Inherited from Middle French désaroy (“disorder”), from Old French desroi, desrei (“disorder, confusion, tumult”), from des- + a base of Germanic origin. More at deray, array, ready.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /de.za.ʁwa/

Noun

désarroi m (usually uncountable, plural désarrois)

1. dismay
2. disarray (want of array or regular order)

Further reading

• “désarroi”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Anagrams

• dorerais, roderais, rôderais