le look

Definition: personal image, style

Elle a un drôle de look - She's got a strange sense of style

Il a un look d'enfer - He looks really cool

Je veux changer le look de ma cuisine - I want to redesign/renovate my kitchen

soigner son look - to pay careful attention to one's image

changer de look - to change one's style

Related words

• le relook, le relookage, le relooking - style/image change, rebranding
• relooker - to change one's style/image
• looké - highly styled

Notes: Le look and its permutations are some of my favorite franglais terms. While look is of course straight from English (though note the difference in pronunciation*), the affixed relookage and relooking seem like they could be English terms, but of course they're not. Nor are they French; they are franglais in the true sense of the word. You'll often see and hear these in France (and possibly other French-speaking countries), but remember that they are informal. Use with caution, if at all.

Official French equivalents for le look: allure, genre

*Click the little graphic below to hear the franglais words look, relookage, relooking, and relooker pronounced in French.

Pronunciation: [luk | reu lu kazh | reu lu king | reu lu kay]Audio Link