schlass

• chlass, chlasse

• IPA^(key): /ʃlas/ ~ /ʃlɑs/

Borrowed from Alsatian Alemannic German schlaß (“tired, weary”) or (post-reform spelling) schlass, related to English slack, compare with standard German schlaff.

schlass (invariable)
schlass (feminine schlasse, masculine plural schlass, feminine plural schlasses)

1. (colloquial) very drunk

   Synonyms: ivre, saoul, imbibé, aviné

   • Georges Simenon, Maigret at Picratt's:

     C'est ce que j'ai cru comprendre. J'étais déjà schlass à ce moment-là.

     That's what I thought I understood. I was drunk by then.

2. (colloquial) exhausted, very tired

   Synonyms: crevé, fourbu, épuisé, claqué

Borrowed from English slash.

schlass m (plural schlass)

1. (slang) knife

   Synonym: couteau

• “schlass”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.