Polyglot Dictionary

plouc

/pluk/

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

Forms

plural
les ploucs

Meaning

  1. hick, bumpkin (informal, mildly pejorative)

    • Il se moquait des gens de la campagne en les traitant de ploucs.

      He made fun of people from the countryside, calling them hicks.

N Category Thing Concreteness Concrete Animacy Inanimate Countability Countable Scope Individual

Practice

1 What does plouc mean?

2 Fill the gap: Il se moquait des gens de la campagne en les traitant de ___.

3 Which fingerprint chart matches plouc?

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