emprunté

This is the 9695th most frequent French word.


emprunté

Awkward or borrowed.


Used to describe the action of borrowing an object (like a book) from someone.

J'ai emprunté son livre pour étudier.

I borrowed his book to study.


Used metaphorically to describe the inspiration or adoption of ideas or traits from a certain source.

Son style est emprunté des années 90.

Her style is borrowed from the 90s.


Used to describe something that is sense-impaired or inappropriate in context, metaphorically borrowed or displaced.

Ses mouvements semblaient empruntés et peu naturels.

His movements seemed stilted and unnatural.