zonard

/zɔnaʁ/

le noun C1

le (masc.) la (fem.)

Underline = a spelling pattern that usually signals that gender.

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

Forms

plural
les zonards

Meaning

  1. street kid, hoodlum (slang, mildly pejorative)

    • Des zonards traînaient devant la gare.

      Some street kids were hanging around in front of the station.

N Category Place Concreteness Concrete Animacy Inanimate Countability Countable Scope Individual
Meaning fingerprint: Category: place. Concreteness: concrete. Animacy: inanimate. Countability: countable. Scope: individual.

Practice

1 What does zonard mean?

2 Fill the gap: Des ___ traînaient devant la gare.

3 Which fingerprint chart matches zonard?

nouncolloquial

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