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filou

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See also: Filou

Champenois

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Etymology

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filer +‎ -ou.

Pronunciation

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IPA(key): /fi.lu/

Noun

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filou m (feminine filour, plural filous)

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

References

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  • 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

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Etymology

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Borrowed from French filou.

Noun

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filou m (plural filou's)

  1. (Belgium) scoundrel, cheat
    Synonym: schurk

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French

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Etymology

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Probably a dialectal form of fileur.

Pronunciation

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

Noun

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filou m (plural filous)

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

Descendants

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  • Dutch: filou
  • Swedish: filur
  • Czech: filuta

Further reading

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Anagrams

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Norman

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Etymology

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(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun

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filou m (plural filous)

  1. (Jersey) pickpocket; rogue

Synonyms

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Portuguese

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Verb

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filou

  1. third-person singular preterite indicative of filar

West Makian

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Pronunciation

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Verb

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filou

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

Conjugation

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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

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