Argot - French Slang - S
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| un sabot
[sa bo] clog, hoof Je n'aime pas les sabots - I don't like clogs. Le cheval donne beaucoup de coups de sabot - The horse kicks a lot. (inf) - wreck, idiot C'est un sabot - It's an old wreck. Related: un sabotier - clog-maker/seller; un sabot de frein - brake shoe; Je le vois venir avec ses gros sabots - I know just what he's after; travailler/jouer comme un sabot - to be a shoddy worker/player; mettre un sabot à une voiture - to clamp a car
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| la sape
[sap] (familiar) - clothes, gear, duds T'as acheté de nouvelles sapes ? - You bought some new duds? (normal register) - undermining, sapping Related: saper - to sap, undermine; se saper (familiar) - to do oneself up
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| sec
[sek] (adj) - dry (informal) - broke
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| sidérer
[see day ray] (informal) to stupefy, shock; (medical) - to go into shock L'annonce m'a sidéré - The announcement stupefied me. Ils étaient tous sidérés par les résultats - They were all shocked by the results. Related: sidérant (adj) - shocking; la sidération (medical) - shock
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| un smicard (informal) - minimum-wage earner
[smee kar] Comment peuvent les smicards survivre ? - How can minimum-wage earners survive? Smicard comes from SMIC - Salaire Minimum Interprofessionel de Croissance - minimum wage. This terms replaced the now old-fashioned term SMIG - Salaire Minimum Interprofessionel Garantie. Minimum-wage earners were then called "smigard." Tired of being a "smicard"? Look for a new job: http://french.about.com/cs/employment
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| super
[su per] (informal adj) - great, fantastic Cette boîte est super ! - This club is great! (prefix) - very, ultra C'est super-chic, cette robe ! - This dress is very (way) chic! Ce resto est super-cher ! - This restaurant is ultra-expensive.
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| sympa
[sa(n) pa] (informal adj) - nice, likable, friendly Ton copain est super-sympa ! - Your boyfriend is really nice! Sympa is an abbreviation of sympathique Related words: la sympathie - liking, warmth, friendship; sympathiquement (adv) - in a friendly manner
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| *Pronunciation
notes
Due to the limitations of HTML, I cannot use true phonetic symbols. I tried to be as straightforward as possible, but please refer to this chart to understand my pronunciation symbols. Note that this is only a guide to help you get the most out of the sound file. Please refer to a dictionary for the exact pronunciation. |
a | father | ||
| ay | hate | |||
| e | bed | |||
| ee | meet | |||
| euh | full | |||
| o | go | |||
| uh | the | |||
| u | fool | |||
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| zh | mirage |
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