clebs

French

Alternative forms

  • klebs

Etymology

From Algerian Arabic كلب (kelb).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /klɛps/; /klɛbs/
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Noun

clebs m (plural clebs)

  1. (informal) dog, mutt
    Synonym: chien
  2. (informal) homeless
    Synonyms: SDF, clébard
    • 1948, Raymond Guérin, L’Apprenti, Gallimard, Paris:
      Il le regarde s’éloigner dans la lumière crue de l’avenue, avec son affreux clebs.
      He watches him walk away in the raw light of the avenue, with his awful mutt.

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