🇫🇷French Source WordCode: FR

expédition perdue

Pronunciation / Transliteration: ɛkspidijɔ̃ pɛʁdy

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Lost Shipment/lɔst ˈʃɪp.mənt/
nounCEFR B2 (Upper)Top #1500 frequency
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🇫🇷 Example Sentence in French:

"L'entreprise a signalé une expédition perdue."

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2 senses
As noun
  1. 1

    A shipment of goods that has not arrived at its intended destination, often due to misplacement or logistical errors.

    "The company filed a claim for the lost shipment that never reached the warehouse."
  2. 2

    A situation in which goods are unaccounted for during transit, leading to potential financial loss.

    "After weeks of waiting, the customer was informed about the lost shipment and offered a refund."

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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

The term 'lost shipment' combines the past participle 'lost', derived from Old English 'forloren', meaning 'to be deprived of', and 'shipment', which comes from the Middle English 'shippen', referring to the act of sending goods by sea. The phrase has evolved to denote goods that have not reached their intended destination.

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