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flou

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Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from French flou.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /flu/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Rhymes: -u

Adjective

flou (not comparable)

  1. blurred, unclear
    Synonyms: onscherp, wazig

Franco-Provençal

Noun

flou (Old Dauphinois)

  1. alternative form of flor (“flower”)

References

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

Adjective

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

  1. fuzzy; blurred, blurry; unclear

Noun

flou m (plural flous)

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Derived terms

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

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Synonyms

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