bridé
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French
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Participle
[edit]bridé (feminine bridée, masculine plural bridés, feminine plural bridées)
- past participle of brider
Adjective
[edit]bridé (feminine bridée, masculine plural bridés, feminine plural bridées)
- (of an eye) having an epicanthus (typical of but not limited to East Asians)
- 11 février 2015, Pierre Joo, La Règle du jeu, "Identité coréenne":
- Je suis reconnaissant que la France m’accepte comme l’un des siens parce que j’ai été à l’école de la République et qu’en dépit de mes yeux bridés, j’affectionne ses terroirs.
- I am grateful that France accepts me as one of its own because I went to the school of the Republic and, in spite of my Asian eyes, I love its land.
- 3 avril 2020, France Info, "Miss France : comment les candidates noires, arabes ou asiatiques ont vécu leur sacre":
- Sur LCI, Evelyne de Larichaudy explique qu’elle fait de ses "yeux bridés" son "petit truc en plus".
- On LCI, Evelyne de Larichaudy explains that she uses her "Asian eyes" as her "little extra".
- 11 février 2015, Pierre Joo, La Règle du jeu, "Identité coréenne":
Usage notes
[edit]The adjective is not derogatory and is used by French-speaking people of Asian-descent.
Noun
[edit]bridé m (plural bridés, feminine bridée)
- (derogatory, ethnic slur, offensive when used as a noun) chink, slant, slope (a person of East Asian descent)
- 1989, Azouz Begag, Béni, ou, Le paradis privé:
- Qui craindrait un bridé ?
- Who'd be afraid of a chink?
Further reading
[edit]- “bridé”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Spanish
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