bredouille
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See also: bredouillé and Bredouille
French[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Obscure. For semantic reasons, it is unlikely to be a deverbal of bredouiller. The adjective derives from the noun and is linked by some etymologists to Germanic roots: it could be, like brelan, linked to German Brett. Historically, bredouille was also called toutes-tables.
Pronunciation[edit]
Adjective[edit]
bredouille (plural bredouilles)
- empty-handed
- je suis bredouille, rentrer bredouille.
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Noun[edit]
bredouille f (plural bredouilles)
- a token used to mark points in a game of trictrac
- Je marque six points et tu perds ta bredouille : bon coup pour moi !
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Descendants[edit]
- → German: Bredouille
Verb[edit]
bredouille
- inflection of bredouiller:
Further reading[edit]
- “bredouille”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.