feuille de chou

French

Etymology

• Cognate with Occitan fuelha de chaul.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fœj də ʃu/

• Audio:

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Noun

feuille de chou f (plural feuilles de chou)

1. (dated) Synonym of oreille (“ear”)
2. (derogatory, figuratively) a rag (low-quality newspaper)

   Hypernym: journal

See also

• torchon

Further reading

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