No. 9,695 in French
emprunté
Awkward or borrowed.
In a sentence
J'ai emprunté son livre pour étudier.
I borrowed his book to study.
Used to describe the action of borrowing an object (like a book) from someone.
Son style est emprunté des années 90.
Her style is borrowed from the 90s.
Used metaphorically to describe the inspiration or adoption of ideas or traits from a certain source.
Ses mouvements semblaient empruntés et peu naturels.
His movements seemed stilted and unnatural.
Used to describe something that is sense-impaired or inappropriate in context, metaphorically borrowed or displaced.
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