pagaille
French
Etymology
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Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /pa.ɡaj/
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Noun
pagaille f (plural pagailles)
- (informal) muddle; mess
- Synonyms: bazar, désordre, cafouillage
- 2021 October 4, “Intempéries : vigilance rouge pluie et inondation levée dans les Bouches-du-Rhônes, appels à la prudence maintenus”, in Le Monde:
- Après un week-end d’intempéries dans l’Hexagone, de nouveaux violents orages touchent le Sud-Est. Ecoles fermées, l’eau à ras bord du Vieux-Port, bouchons monstres : à Marseille, les pluies intenses de la nuit ont généré une grosse pagaille, lundi 4 octobre dans la matinée, mais n’ont fait aucune victime.
- After a weekend of bad weather in France, new violent storms are hitting the south-east. Schools shut, the Old Port full to overflowing, huge traffic jams: in Marseille, heavy rain overnight caused chaos on the morning of Monday 4 October, but there were no casualties.
Usage notes
This spelling was a product of the 1990 French spelling reforms.
Further reading
- “pagaille”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
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