Definition:
(informal) - average Joe, nobody
Je suis sûr que c'est un Tartempion quelconque qui a obtenu mon poste - I'm sure it was some average Joe / some nobody who got my job.
Elle va voir des gens à Paris, je ne sais pas qui, des Tartempion - She's going to see some people in Paris, I don't know who, some nobodies.
Synonym: M Untel, Mme Unetelle. However, Tartempion has a slightly pejorative nuance to it that Untel (which is more like John Doe or John Q. Public) does not.
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Je suis sûr que c'est un Tartempion quelconque qui a obtenu mon poste - I'm sure it was some average Joe / some nobody who got my job.
Elle va voir des gens à Paris, je ne sais pas qui, des Tartempion - She's going to see some people in Paris, I don't know who, some nobodies.
Synonym: M Untel, Mme Unetelle. However, Tartempion has a slightly pejorative nuance to it that Untel (which is more like John Doe or John Q. Public) does not.
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Pronunciation: [tar ta(n) pyo(n)] Audio Link
