friperie

French

Etymology

From Old French freperie, feuperie (“old clothes, rags”), from frepe, feupe (“clothes, rags”), from Late Latin faluppa (“straw, fiber, chip”), which is possibly a loan from Celtic.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fʁi.pʁi/

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Noun

friperie f (plural friperies)

1. second-hand shop

Further reading

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

References

• Köppe (2007): Global Heritage: Tradition and Innovation : Africa and South Asia in Perspective