hors de combat

== English == === Etymology === Borrowed from French hors de combat (literally “out of combat”), which is obsolete in contemporary French. === Adjective === hors de combat (not comparable) (international law, literary) Out of action; disabled; no longer able to fight. == French == === Etymology === Literally, “out of combat”. === Pronunciation === (aspirated h) IPA(key): /ɔʁ də kɔ̃.ba/ === Adjective === hors de combat (invariable) (international law) hors de combat === Further reading === hors de combat on the French Wikipedia.Wikipedia fr