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61 nom
n. m.1. Nom d'un chien! Cripes! — By jove! (This expression and others such as Nom d'une pipe!—Nom d'un petit bonhomme!—Nom de nom!, etc. are euphemistic variations on the now quite bland Nom de Dieu!)2. Petit nom: Christian name, forename. ( Petit nom is more often than not found in an interrogative clause. Quel est ton petit nom? What do they call you? Such a turn of phrase is indeed low-brow and belongs to the world of amorous badinage.)4. Un nom à coucher dehors ( avec un billet de logement): A right jaw-twister of a name. (This jocular and ironical expression is that and nothing more. It has no real pejorative connotation.)5. Ça n'a pas de nom! Well I never! —It's beyond words! — It's incredible! -
62 parcours
n. m. Venture, undertaking. (The word carries no positive connotation, perhaps because it is generally associated with the parcours du combattant: the obstacle course that recruits have to negotiate with full pack during their army training.) -
63 paturons
n. m. pl. 'Hoofs', 'plates of meat', feet. Jouer des paturons: To 'make tracks', to 'beat it', to bolt off. (This word has a jocular connotation because of its equine origin, paturon being the horse's pastern.) -
64 pépée
n. f. 'Bird', 'bit of skirt', woman. Il aime courir les pépées: He's a bit of a ladies' man. (Very much a male chauvinist word; in spite of its condescension, it has no pejorative connotation.) -
65 pétard
n. m.1. 'Hullabaloo', uproar. Faire du pétard: To kick up a fuss. Etre en pétard: To be flaming angry. Se filer en pétard: To 'fly off the handle'.2. Danger, risk, peril. Quand il y a du pétard, 'faut pas compter sur lui! Don't count on him when things hot up!3. 'Arse', 'bum', behind. (With this meaning, the word has a built-in pejorative connotation as in 'Vise un pea ce pétard!' Look at that fat arse!)4. 'Rod', 'shooter', handgun. -
66 péteux
I.n. m.1. 'Pretentious nurk', self-important fool.2. 'Funk', coward. (The feminine péteuse exists but refers only to men, and intensifies the pejorative connotation.)II.adj.1. 'Snobby', pretentious.2. 'Funky', cowardly. -
67 piquer
I.v. trans.1. To 'jab', to inject. (The verb is only really encountered with this meaning when it refers to the 'putting to sleep' of a pet dog or cat. Elle a dû faire piquer son chien: She had to have her dog put down.)2. To stab, to knife.3. To 'cop', to catch (a disease). Il a piqué une chtouille maison! He caught a right dose of clap!4. Piquer une sale note (sch.): To get a rotten mark. (In schools and colleges, the verb piquer with reference to an assessment can sometimes have a positive connotation as with piquer un quinze sur vingt: To get a first-class mark.)a To 'skedaddle', to 'make tracks', to run away.b (fig.): To be off and away when something unpleasant has occurred.6. En piquer un: To 'have a kip', to 'take some shuteye', to steal a few minutes for a snooze (also: piquer un roupillon).7. To 'nick', to 'pinch', to steal. Elle m'a piqué tout mon fric. She filched all my dough.8. To 'nab', to 'collar', to arrest. A ce train-là, on va se faire piquer par les cognes! If we keep this up, the fuzz'll do us!9. Piquer le dix (Prison slang): To pace up and down a cell like a bear in a cage.II.v. intrans. Piquer à quelque chose:a To 'get the hang of something', to understand the workings of something.b To get 'hooked' on, to have a compulsive liking for something.III.v. trans. reflex.1. (Drugs): To 'mainline', to inject intravenously.2. Se piquer le nez: To 'get pickled', to get drunk. (The expression reflects the habitual nature of the act whereby the subject is well on the road to dipsomania.) -
68 puce
n. f.1. 'Shrimp', diminutive person. (The word nearly always seems to carry a friendly connotation.)2. Saut de puce (Airline slang): 'Short hop', short haul flight.3. Secouer ses puces: To make a move and get out of bed (or a comfortable armchair).4. Secouer les puces à quelqu'un: To give someone a good tickingoff, to tell someone off in no uncertain manner. -
69 quéquette
n. f. 'Prick', 'cock', penis. (Initially from the language of children, quéquette has a 'wee-willy' connotation, i.e. a limp penis.) -
70 reine
n. f.1. 'Queen', 'pansy', effeminate homosexual. (As in the English 'cottage queen', there is a suggestion that the person in question has a little sex empire.)2. La reine des¼(pej. intensifier): Son père est la reine des vaches! Her father's a sadistic swine! (Expressions such as le roi des cons, etc. carry a superlative connotation, but the feminine where men are concerned makes the statement even more insulting.)3. La petite reine: The bicycle. (This is an affectionate appellation for the humble bike that sporting journalists covering cycle races use when in need of a hackneyed cliché!) -
71 rigolo
I.n. m.1. 'Card', amusing character. (In its usual context, the word often conveys an ironic connotation, with an implication that the person may think he is funny, but his sense of humour is not appreciated. Des rigolos comme toi, on s'en passe! Your kind of funny person I can do without!)2. 'Fly-by-night', unreliable person.3. 'Rod', 'shooter', handgun.4. 'Jemmy', crowbar.II.adj.1. Funny (hilarious). C'est d'un rigolo! It's an absolute scream! Il est drôlement rigolo, ton frangin! Your brother's a hoot!2. Funny (peculiar). C'esl rigolo, mais je ne lui fais pas confiance: It's funny, but I don't trust him. Il lui est arrive un truc rigolo: A strange thing happened to him. (The feminine rigolot (t)e exists but is seldom encountered.) -
72 rosbif
I.n. m. 'Brit', British person. (The 'roast beef' origin gives the alimentary connotation so well reciprocated in English by the appellation 'frog' where Frenchmen are concerned; neither is truly pejorative.)II.adj. inv. British. Dans le temps, les voitures rosbif c'était de la bonne camelote! In the old days British cars used to be a cut above the rest! -
73 rouquemoute
I.n. m. Red wine. (The word has no real pejorative connotation, unlike picrate, gros rouge, etc.)II.n. m. & f. 'Redhead', manor woman with red hair. -
74 salé
I.n. m. (also: petit-salé): 'Brat', kid, child. (The near-pejorative connotation of salé and petit-salé stems from the fact that in standard French petit-salé is salted pork.)II.adj.1. (of bill): 'Stiff', exorbitant.2. (of joke, story): 'Blue', 'close-to-the- knuckle', rather obscene. -
75 salsifis
n. m. pl. Fingers. (The word has not got the gentle connotation of 'pinkies' in English, a typical expression being se rincer les salsifis: To 'wash one's hands', i.e. to go to the lavatory.) -
76 smalah
n. f. (also: smala; slightly pej.): Large family. (The word coming from the Arabic has more the connotation of'tribe'. It does not just refer in colloquial French to a string of children, but also to a host of dependent relatives. Il nous est tombé sur le poil avec toute sa smalah! They all descended on us, Uncle Tom Cobbleigh and all!) -
77 sossot
adj. (of person): 'Ninnyish', rather simple. (The feminine sossotte exists and, like the masculine, has no real pejorative connotation.) -
78 sultane
n. f. Mistress. (The appellation has not got the connotation of 'kept woman' but stresses more the isolation and esteem in which she appears to be held.) -
79 tapir
n. m. (sch.): Pupil receiving extra (paid) tuition in the form of private lessons. (The appellation also has a connotation of 'teacher's pet' which, in the context of monies paid by parents, makes sense.) -
80 temps
n. m.1. Tirer son temps: To 'do one's stretch', to 'do time', to serve a prison sentence. (A subsidiary connotation to this expression is that the prisoner concerned adopts an obedient 'low-profile' attitude in order to steer clear of trouble and get full remission.)2. En deux temps, trois mouvements: In two shakes (of a lamb's tail)'—'ln a jiffy'— Straight away. J'ai dû rappliquer en deux temps, trois mouvements! I had to get back doublequick!
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CONNOTATION — CONNOTATI Si c’est en 1933 seulement que Bloomfield introduisit le terme de connotation parmi les concepts de la linguistique scientifique, l’idée même que véhicule ce mot (emprunté à la logique et à la philosophie, non sans modification de sens) … Encyclopédie Universelle
Connotation — Con no*ta tion (k[o^]n n[ o]*t[=a] sh[u^]n), n. [Cf. F. connotation.] The act of connoting; a making known or designating something additional; implication of something more than is asserted. [1913 Webster] 2. a meaning implied but not explicitly … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Connotation — (v. lat.), Mitbezeichnung, Mitanzeige; daher Connotationstermin, Termin zur Anzeige sämmtlicher Forderungen … Pierer's Universal-Lexikon
Connotation — Connotation, lat., Mitbezeichnung, Mitanzeige; Connotationstermin, Termin zur Anzeige sämmtlicher Forderungen … Herders Conversations-Lexikon
connotation — connotation/denotation … Philosophy dictionary
connotation — I noun allusion, application, bearing, broad meaning, coloring, comprehension, construction, context, denotation, derivation, drift, essence, essential meaning, expression, force, general meaning, gist, hint, idea, impact, implication, import,… … Law dictionary
connotation — 1530s, from M.L. connotationem (nom. connotatio), from connotat , pp. stem of connotare signify in addition to the main meaning, a term in logic, lit. to mark along with, from L. com together (see COM (Cf. com )) + notare to mark (see NOTE (Cf … Etymology dictionary
connotation — denotation (see under DENOTE) Analogous words: suggestion, implication, intimation (see corresponding verbs at SUGGEST): evoking or evocation (see corresponding verb at EDUCE): import, signification, *meaning, significance, sense … New Dictionary of Synonyms
connotation — [n] implication association, coloring, essence, hint, meaning, nuance, overtone, significance, suggestion, undertone; concepts 682,689 Ant. denotation … New thesaurus
connotation — ► NOUN ▪ an idea or feeling invoked by a word in addition to its primary or literal meaning … English terms dictionary
connotation — [kän΄ə tā′shən] n. [ME connotacion < ML connotatio] 1. the act or process of connoting 2. something connoted; idea or notion suggested by or associated with a word, phrase, etc. in addition to its explicit meaning, or denotation [“politician”… … English World dictionary
