blessé

wounded person, casualty

noun bleh-SEH Less Common

Origin: Past participle of 'blesser' (to wound), used as noun

Usage Note

Blessé (noun) refers to an injured person, especially in a military or accident context (les blessés de guerre = the war wounded). As an adjective, blessé simply means injured or hurt (il est blessé au genou = his knee is injured). The feminine form is blessée; the verb is blesser.

Examples

"Les secours ont pris en charge les blessés."

Natural Translation

The emergency services attended to the casualties.

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