maboul
French
editEtymology
editAttested 1860, from Arabic مَخْبُول (maḵbūl, “crazy”).
Pronunciation
editAdjective
editmaboul (feminine maboule, masculine plural mabouls, feminine plural maboules)
- (colloquial) crazy
- Synonym: fou
- 2003, “Elle me saoule”, performed by Singuila:
- Je sais qu’j’suis pas cool / Mais cette petite me saoule / Il m’faut de l’alcool ou j’vais devenir maboul
- I know I'm not cool / But shorty's got me vexed / I need some alcohol or I'm going to go crazy
Further reading
edit- “maboul”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.