vadrouille

See also: vadrouillé

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /va.dʁuj/

Etymology 1

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Noun

vadrouille f (plural vadrouilles)

1. (informal) walk, wander, stroll

   Synonym: balade

   • 2016, Gaël Faye, Petit Pays [Small Country]:

     Dans le Combi Volkswagen, on décidait nos projets, nos escapades, nos grandes vadrouilles.

     In the Combi Volkswagen, we decided our projects, our escapes, our great walks.

2. (dated outside Quebec, Louisiana) mop (implement for washing floors)

   Synonyms: faubert, serpillière

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

vadrouille

1. inflection of vadrouiller:
   1. first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
   2. second-person singular imperative

Further reading

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