recherche du temps perdu

noun

Remembrance of things past.

OriginFrench recherche du temps perdu →
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Meanings

nounrecherche du temps perdu (uncountable)
  1. uncountableRemembrance of things past.

Origin

  1. Frenchrecherche du temps perdu
  2. Englishrecherche du temps perdu

Borrowed from French recherche du temps perdu. From the title of the novel À la recherche du temps perdu.

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APA

recherche du temps perdu. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/recherche%20du%20temps%20perdu

MLA

“recherche du temps perdu.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/recherche%20du%20temps%20perdu. Accessed November 5, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “recherche du temps perdu,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/recherche%20du%20temps%20perdu.

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