clebs
French
editAlternative forms
editEtymology
editFrom Algerian Arabic كلب (kelb).
Pronunciation
editNoun
editclebs m (plural clebs)
- (informal) dog, mutt
- Synonym: chien
- (informal) homeless
- 1948, Raymond Guérin, L’Apprenti, Gallimard, Paris:
- Il le regarde s’éloigner dans la lumière crue de l’avenue, avec son affreux clebs.
- He watches him walk away in the raw light of the avenue, with his awful mutt.
Related terms
editFurther reading
edit- “clebs”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.