pique-assiette

French

Etymology

From piquer +‎ assiette.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pi.ka.sjɛt/

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Noun

pique-assiette m (plural pique-assiettes)

1. (informal, derogatory) scrounger, freeloader, gatecrasher, sponger

Further reading

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