pataud

French

Pronunciation

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Adjective

pataud (feminine pataude, masculine plural patauds, feminine plural pataudes)

1. lumbering, lumpish
   • 2016, Gaël Faye, Petit Pays [Small Country]:

     Ana et moi étions perdus avec nos corps patauds, incapables de répondre aux questions que nos hôtes nous posaient en kinyarwanda.

     Ana and I were lost with our lumpish bodies, incapable of answering the questions our hosts asked us in Kinyarwanda.

Further reading

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