bileux
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French[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Adjective[edit]
bileux (feminine bileuse, masculine plural bileux, feminine plural bileuses)
- (colloquial) bilious (worrisome, irritable, or otherwise easily upset)
- n’être pas bileux
- (please add an English translation of this usage example)
- 2018, Zaz, Je parle:
- Bien sûr qu’on se perd parfois ; mais le timide, le taiseux, le cynique, le bileux, l’indécis […] se perdent aussi.
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
Usage notes[edit]
Because of their mutual resemblance, this word is sometimes mistaken as an alternative form of the medical adjective bilieux.
Related terms[edit]
References[edit]
- “bileux”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.