séraphin
French
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /se.ʁa.fɛ̃/
Audio (Canada): (file)
Etymology 1
Noun
séraphin m (plural séraphins)
Etymology 2
Allusion to Séraphin Poudrier, the main character of Un homme et son péché by Claude-Henri Grignon.
Noun
séraphin m (plural séraphins, feminine séraphine)
Adjective
séraphin (feminine séraphine, masculine plural séraphins, feminine plural séraphines)
- (Quebec) miserly, avaricious, usurious, mean
Further reading
- “séraphin”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.