flouze

/fluz/

le noun B2

le (masc.) la (fem.)

Underline = a spelling pattern that usually signals that gender.

N Register Colloquial Era Current Frequency Common Domain General Tone Neutral
Word fingerprint: Register: colloquial. Era: current. Frequency: common. Domain: general. Connotation: neutral.

Meaning

  1. money, cash (slang, Arabic origin)

    • Il n'a plus un rond de flouze ce mois-ci.

      He's completely broke this month.

N Category Thing Concreteness Concrete Animacy Inanimate Countability Mass Scope Individual
Meaning fingerprint: Category: thing. Concreteness: concrete. Animacy: inanimate. Countability: mass. Scope: individual.

Similar words

pépètes

Both are informal words for "money, cash." flouze comes from Arabic and is common across France; pépètes is older, more old-fashioned slang, often used half-jokingly today.

Practice

1 What does flouze mean?

2 Fill the gap: Il n'a plus un rond de ___ ce mois-ci.

3 Which fingerprint chart matches flouze?

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