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rescapé

survivor

noun adjective reh-skah-PEH Rare
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Usage Note

Rescapé is a Walloon/Picard dialectal form of réchapper and refers specifically to someone who survived a disaster, accident, or catastrophe. The feminine form is rescapée. It carries a stronger sense of narrow escape than the more general survivant.

Examples

"Les rescapés de l'accident ont été hospitalisés."

Natural Translation

The survivors of the accident were hospitalised.

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