fendard

French

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fɑ̃.daʁ/

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Adjective

fendard (feminine fendarde, masculine plural fendards, feminine plural fendardes)

1. (France, slang) funny, comical

   Synonyms: drôle; comique; désopilant; (informal) marrant; (informal) rigolo

   • 2014, Édouard Louis, En finir avec Eddy Bellegueule [The End of Eddy], Le Seuil:

     Ah ouais ça serait fendard, on se poilerait bien la gueule.

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Synonyms

• (France, informal) poilant
• (Quebec, informal) crampant

Further reading

• “fendard”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.