filou

See also: Filou

Champenois

Etymology

filer +‎ -ou.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /fi.lu/

Noun

filou m (feminine filour, plural filous)

  1. spindle
  2. bobbin (lacemaking)
  3. lune (geometry)
  4. timezone

References

  • Daunay, Jean (1998) Parlers de Champagne : Pour un classement thématique du vocabulaire des anciens parlers de Champagne (Aube - Marne - Haute-Marne)‎[1] (in French), Rumilly-lés-Vaudes
  • Baudoin, Alphonse (1885) Glossaire de la forêt de Clairvaux‎[2] (in French), Troyes

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from French filou.

Noun

filou m (plural filou's)

  1. (Belgium) scoundrel, cheat
    Synonym: schurk

References

French

Etymology

Probably a dialectal form of fileur.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /fi.lu/
  • Audio:(file)

Noun

filou m (plural filous)

  1. (archaic) thief, pickpocket
  2. rascal, rogue
  3. trickster
  4. (colloquial) mischievous child

Descendants

  • → Czech: filuta
  • → Dutch: filou
  • → Polish: filut
  • → Swedish: filur

Further reading

Anagrams

Norman

Etymology

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Noun

filou m (plural filous)

  1. (Jersey) pickpocket; rogue

Synonyms

Portuguese

Verb

filou

  1. third-person singular preterite indicative of filar

West Makian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɸi.ˈlo.u/

Verb

filou

  1. (stative) to fill (a bag, etc.)
    Synonym: fiogo

Conjugation

Conjugation of filou (stative verb)
singular plural
inclusive exclusive
1st person tifilou mifilou afilou
2nd person nifilou fifilou
3rd person inanimate ifilou difilou
animate mafilou
imperative —, filou —, filou

References

  • Clemens Voorhoeve (1982) The Makian languages and their neighbours‎[4], Pacific linguistics (as filów)
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