frimousse
French
Etymology
Inherited from Old French frume (“expression, mien”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /fʁi.mus/
Audio (Switzerland) (file)
Noun
frimousse f (plural frimousses)
- (colloquial) sweet face, cute little face
- 2019, Alain Damasio, chapter 3, in Les furtifs [The Stealthies], La Volte, →ISBN:
- […] et sous sa frimousse qui s’arrondit, à travers ses yeux émus de môme qu’il écarquille sans s’en rendre compte, quelque chose de scellé – d’enfoui profond, si profond…
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- (Internet) emoticon, smiley
- Synonym: (Quebec) binette
Further reading
- “frimousse”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
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