Mar 21, 2017 00:53
7 yrs ago
French term
Marcus Carvalho
Cageot
French to English
Art/Literary
Games / Video Games / Gaming / Casino
I do know that literally it means "box" or "crate", but, it is also a term featured on a broad list of teenager's personalities and physical archetypes on a certain game (I do think it's sort of derisive term)
Proposed translations
(English)
| 4 +1 | ugly mug / the back of a bus / dog |
B D Finch
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| 4 | ugly (or beautiful) woman |
Catharine Cellier-Smart
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Proposed translations
6 hrs
Catharine Cellier-Smart
Reunion
Reunion
Native in English
Reunion
The Smart Solution
Native in: English (Variant: British)
Works in: French to English, Creoles & Pidgins (French-based Other) to English, English
Related KudoZ points
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8
ugly (or beautiful) woman
Your choice of suitable translation really depends whether you want to translate it as a physical archetype or a personality type (unfortunately derogatory words for women and girls aren't lacking!).
https://dvlf.uchicago.edu/mot/cageot
https://fr.wiktionary.org/wiki/cageot
http://www.leparisien.fr/espace-premium/air-du-temps/cageot-...
http://www.larousse.fr/dictionnaires/francais/cageot/12110
https://dvlf.uchicago.edu/mot/cageot
https://fr.wiktionary.org/wiki/cageot
http://www.leparisien.fr/espace-premium/air-du-temps/cageot-...
http://www.larousse.fr/dictionnaires/francais/cageot/12110
+1
10 hrs
ugly mug / the back of a bus / dog
(V. 1975). Fam., péj. Fille ou femme laide, mal faite. Oh là là, cette nana, quel cageot!
© 2016 Dictionnaires Le Robert - Le Grand Robert de la langue française
http://archive.spectator.co.uk/article/13th-november-1959/34...
"a face like the back of a bus with a conk like de Gaulle's can be transformed by a little rouge in the right places."
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Note added at 10 hrs (2017-03-21 11:17:34 GMT)
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http://www.britishslang.co.uk/slang/dog
© 2016 Dictionnaires Le Robert - Le Grand Robert de la langue française
http://archive.spectator.co.uk/article/13th-november-1959/34...
"a face like the back of a bus with a conk like de Gaulle's can be transformed by a little rouge in the right places."
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Note added at 10 hrs (2017-03-21 11:17:34 GMT)
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http://www.britishslang.co.uk/slang/dog
Peer comment(s):
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katsy
: not familiar with "dog", but the rest, OK!
2 hrs
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Thanks katsy. "Dog" might be a specifically London expression.
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