flou

See also: Flou

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from French flou.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /flu/

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• Rhymes: -u

Adjective

flou (not comparable)

1. blurred, unclear

   Synonyms: onscherp, wazig

Franco-Provençal

Noun

flou (Old Dauphinois)

1. Alternative form of fllor (“flower”)

References

• Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002) “flōs”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), volumes 3: D–F, page 630

French

Etymology

From Middle French flou, from Old French flou, flo (“soft, wilted, tired, exhausted”), from Old Frankish *hlāo (“lukewarm, tepid, mild”), from Proto-Germanic *hlēwaz (“warm, lukewarm”), from Proto-Indo-European *ḱlēw- (“to be warm or hot”). More at lew.

Alternative etymology derives Old French flou, flo from Latin flāvus (“yellow”), via a farming metaphor.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /flu/

• Audio:

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Adjective

flou (feminine floue, masculine plural flous, feminine plural floues)

1. fuzzy; blurred, blurry; unclear

Further reading

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

Italian

Adjective

flou (invariable)

1. blurred (image)
2. flowing (clothes)

Noun

flou m (invariable)

1. blurred cinematic effect

Anagrams

• fluo

Luxembourgish

Etymology

Borrowed from French flou.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /flu/, [fluː]
• Rhymes: -uː

Adjective

flou (masculine flouen, neuter flout, comparative méi flou, superlative am flousten)

1. vague
2. blurred, unclear
3. imprecise

Declension

declension of flou

number and gender		singular			plural
		masculine	feminine	neuter	all genders
predicative		hien ass flou	si ass flou	et ass flou	si si(nn) flou
nominative / accusative	attributive and/or after determiner	flouen	flou	flout	flou
	independent without determiner			floues	flouer
dative	after any declined word	flouen	flouer	flouen	flouen
	as first declined word	flouem		flouem

Synonyms

• (vague): vag
• (blurred): onschaarf, verschwommen
• (imprecise): ongenee