périr
Meanings
Verb
1. to perish; to die (formal)
Examples22
Je pensais qu'il avait péri.
I thought he had died.
Tom a cru que Marie avait péri.
Tom thought Mary had died.
Beaucoup périrent en mer.
Many perished in the sea.
Tom a péri dans un accident d'avion.
Tom died in an airplane accident.
Beaucoup de poissons ont péri.
A lot of fish perished.
De nombreux poissons périrent.
A lot of fish perished.