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)

(informal) dog, mutt
Synonym: chien
(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.

Related terms

clébard

Further reading

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

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