flou

See also: Flou

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from French flou.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /flu/
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  • Rhymes: -u

Adjective

flou (not comparable)

  1. blurred, unclear
    Synonyms: onscherp, wazig

French

Etymology

From Middle French flou, from Old French flou, flo (“soft, wilted, tired, exhausted”), from Old Frankish *hlāo (“lukewarm, tepid, mild”), from Proto-Germanic *hlēwaz (“warm, lukewarm”), from Proto-Indo-European *ḱlēw- (“to be warm or hot”). More at lew.

Alternative etymology derives Old French flou, flo from Latin flāvus (“yellow”), via a farming metaphor.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /flu/
  • Audio(file)

Adjective

flou (feminine floue, masculine plural flous, feminine plural floues)

  1. fuzzy; blurred, blurry; unclear

Further reading

Italian

Adjective

flou (invariable)

  1. blurred (image)
  2. flowing (clothes)

Noun

flou m (invariable)

  1. blurred cinematic effect

Anagrams

Luxembourgish

Etymology

Borrowed from French flou.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /flu/, [fluː]
  • Rhymes: -uː

Adjective

flou (masculine flouen, neuter flout, comparative méi flou, superlative am flousten)

  1. vague
  2. blurred, unclear
  3. imprecise

Declension
declension of flou
number and gender singular plural
masculine feminine neuter all genders
predicative hien ass flou si ass flou et ass flou si si(nn) flou
nominative /
accusative		 attributive and/or after determiner flouen flou flout flou
independent without determiner floues flouer
dative after any declined word flouen flouer flouen flouen
as first declined word flouem flouem

Synonyms
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