abreuvoir

→ English: abreuvoir


FAC

Forces armées canadiennes
w:fr:Forces armées canadiennes

(Canada, military) abbreviation of Forces armées canadiennes: CAF (“Canadian Armed Forces”)

(Canada, military, aviation) abbreviation of Force aérienne du Canada: CAF (“Canadian Air Force”)


CH

English: CH

(Canada) the hockey club, les Canadiens de Montréal


CA

(Canada, accounting) initialism of comptable agréé (“chartered accountant”): CA


abattis

Inherited from Old French abatëiz. By surface analysis, abattre (“to cut down”) + -is.

surf

(Canada) an area that has been cleared of trees, but not yet of their stumps


rang

→ Catalan: rang

→ German: Rang

→ Romanian: rang

→ Italian: rango

→ Piedmontese: rangh

→ Haitian Creole: ran

→ Russian: ранг (rang)

→ Sicilian: rangu, rannu

→ Spanish: rango

Inherited from Middle French ranc, from Old French renc, reng, ranc, rang, from Frankish *hring, from Proto-Germanic *hringaz (“ring, circle”). Cognate with Dutch ring, German Ring, English ring.

der

(Canada, geography) a series of land plots narrower than deep, running perpendicular to a river or road

(Canada, geography) the road serving such a series of plots


plate

C'est plate de ne pas pouvoir y aller.


subpoena

subpoenas (plural)
subpœna (alternative)


pomme

Inherited from Middle French pomme, from Old French pome, pume, from Latin pōma, plural of pōmum, reanalyzed as a feminine singular, from Proto-Italic *poomos, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂po-h₁ém-os (“taken off”). Compare English pome.

inh

(Canada, derogatory, offensive) an Amerindian person considered to have assimilated into White society


tire

tire d’érable


gel

→ Persian: ژل (žel)

Inherited from Latin gelū, from Proto-Indo-European *gel- (“cold”). For the sense of "gel", compare English gel; compare gélatine.

(seasons, time) freeze-up, one of the 6 seasons of high latitudes; the freeze.


tata

onomatopoeic

Expressive

(chiefly Canada, informal, derogatory) imbecile, idiot, wanker, dickhead


bleu

Haitian Creole: ble

→ Greek: μπλε (ble)

→ Italian: blu

→ Ladino: blu

Louisiana Creole: blé, ble

Inherited from Middle French bleu, from Old French blöe, bleve, blef, bleu (“blue”), from Late Latin blāvus, from Frankish *blāu (“blue”), from Proto-Germanic *blēwaz (“blue”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰléh₁-, *bʰlh₁-, *bʰleh₁- (“yellow, grey, blue”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰel- (“to shine”). Cognate with Old High German blāo (“blue”) (German blau), Dutch blauw (“blue”), Old English blāw (“blue”). More at blue.

(Canada) a supporter of the Conservative Party


paver

paver (infinitive)
avoir + past participle (infinitive multiword-construction)
pavant (gerund participle present)
ayant + past participle (gerund multiword-construction participle present)
pavé (participle past)
pave (first-person indicative present singular)
paves (indicative present second-person singular)
pave (indicative present singular third-person)
pavons (first-person indicative plural present)
pavez (indicative plural present second-person)
pavent (indicative plural present third-person)
pavais (first-person imperfect indicative singular)
pavais (imperfect indicative second-person singular)
pavait (imperfect indicative singular third-person)
pavions (first-person imperfect indicative plural)
paviez (imperfect indicative plural second-person)
pavaient (imperfect indicative plural third-person)
pavai (first-person historic indicative past singular)
pavas (historic indicative past second-person singular)
pava (historic indicative past singular third-person)
pavâmes (first-person historic indicative past plural)
pavâtes (historic indicative past plural second-person)
pavèrent (historic indicative past plural third-person)
paverai (first-person future indicative singular)
paveras (future indicative second-person singular)
pavera (future indicative singular third-person)
paverons (first-person future indicative plural)
paverez (future indicative plural second-person)
paveront (future indicative plural third-person)
paverais (conditional first-person singular)
paverais (conditional second-person singular)
paverait (conditional singular third-person)
paverions (conditional first-person plural)
paveriez (conditional plural second-person)
paveraient (conditional plural third-person)
future of avoir + past participle (future indicative multiword-construction perfect)
conditional of avoir + past participle (conditional multiword-construction perfect)
pave (first-person present singular subjunctive)
paves (present second-person singular subjunctive)
pave (present singular subjunctive third-person)
pavions (first-person plural present subjunctive)
paviez (plural present second-person subjunctive)
pavent (plural present subjunctive third-person)
pavasse (first-person imperfect singular subjunctive)
pavasses (imperfect second-person singular subjunctive)
pavât (imperfect singular subjunctive third-person)
pavassions (first-person imperfect plural subjunctive)
pavassiez (imperfect plural second-person subjunctive)
pavassent (imperfect plural subjunctive third-person)
pave (imperative second-person singular)
pavons (first-person imperative plural)
pavez (imperative plural second-person)

Inherited from Old French paver (“to pave, to cover”), from Vulgar Latin *pavāre (“to beat down, to smash”), from Latin pavīre (“to beat, strike, ram, tread down”).

inh

(Canada, Quebec) to pave in any sense (including with asphalt, etc.)


caribou

→ Dutch: kariboe

→ English: caribou

→ Italian: caribù

→ Welsh: caribŵ

→ Irish: carabú

→ Portuguese: caribu

→ Russian: кари́бу (karíbu)

desctree

→ Spanish: caribú
→ Tetelcingo Nahuatl: caribú

From Mi'kmaq qalipu (“caribou”), from Proto-Algonquian *maka·lipowa.


liqueur

→ Greek: λικέρ (likér)

→ Persian: لیکور (likur)

→ Romanian: lichior

→ Russian: ликёр (likjór)
→ Kazakh: ликёр (liker)

→ Serbo-Croatian: liker / ликер

→ Swedish: likör

→ Ukrainian: ліке́р (likér)


verge

→ Spanish: verja

Inherited from Middle French verge (“rod or wand of office”), hence "scope, territory dominated", from Old French verge, virge, from Latin virga (“shoot, rod stick”), of uncertain origin, but probably from a Proto-Indo-European *wisgeh₂ (“flexible rod or stick”). Doublet of vergue.


scrum

(Canada) scrum: A crowd of reporters and spokesperson


habitant

fr-noun

habitant m (plural habitants, feminine habitante)

(Canada, historical) a member of the habitation colony at Stadacona founded by Samuel de Champlain, where Quebec City now lies


comme

From Middle French comme, from Old French come, from Late Latin quōmodo et.


stool

Grégoire protesta; il n'était pas un stool.

1999, Chrystine Brouillet, Les Fiancées de l'Enfer, →ISBN, page 199:

(Canada, slang, derogatory) a denouncer or whistleblower; a stoolie


carcajou

→ English: carcajou

→ Portuguese: carcaju

(Canada, colloquial) a person who is fierce or otherwise displays the characters of a wolverine


chum

chum m (plural chums, feminine blonde or chum de fille)

chums (plural)
blonde (feminine)
chum de fille (feminine)

Elle m'a présenté son nouveau chum.

Je croyais qu'il était rien qu'un ami à Éric mais en fait c'est son chum.

I believed that he was just another of Éric's friends, but in fact, it's his boyfriend.

J'suis allé danser avec une gang de chums.

I went to dance with a group of my chums.

(Canada, chiefly slang, Quebec) a friend, usually male; a chum


NAS

numéro d'assurance sociale
numéro d'assurance sociale#French

(Canada) acronym of numéro d'assurance sociale (“social insurance number”): SIN


panache

→ English: panache

→ Italian: panache

→ Romanian: panaș

Inherited from Middle French pennache (“plume of feathers”), borrowed from Italian pennacchio, from Late Latin pinnāculum. Doublet of pinacle.

inh+

(Canada) the bulk of antlers of deer and moose


moyen

fr-adj

moyen (feminine moyenne, masculine plural moyens, feminine plural moyennes)

moyenne (feminine)
moyens (masculine plural)
moyennes (feminine plural)

Inherited from Middle French moyen, from Old French moien, earlier meien, inherited from Latin mediānus. Doublet of médian, a borrowing, and also of misaine.

"Tu t'es embarquée dans une moyenne galère, Biscuit!"

1996, Chrystine Brouillet, C'est pour mieux t'aimer mon enfant, →ISBN, page 52:

You got yourself something big there, Cookie!

(Canada, informal, euphemistic) Big; impressive; serious


Castor

(Canada) Dane-zaa or Beaver indigenous people


CST

(Canada) Centre de la sécurité des télécommunications — CSE


FC

Forces canadiennes
w:fr:Forces canadiennes

(Canada, military) initialism of Forces canadiennes; CF (Canadian Forces)


TVA

(Canada, television) initialism of Téléviseurs / Télédiffuseurs associés (“Associated Telecasters”)


BST

w:fr:Bureau de la sécurité des transports

(Canada, transport) initialism of Bureau de la sécurité des transports (“Transportation Safety Board”): TSB


ACE

(Canada) acronym of allocation canadienne pour enfants (“Canada Child Benefit”): CCB


CPA

comptable professionnel agréé
comptable professionnel agréé#French

chartered professional accountant
chartered professional accountant

(Canada, accounting) CPA; initialism of comptable professionnel agréé (“chartered professional accountant”)


CAS

(Canada, meteorology) initialism of cote air santé (“air quality health index”): AQHI


bête

Inherited from Middle French beste, from Old French beste, probably partially borrowed from Classical Latin bēstia (“beast”), or less likely from an alternative Vulgar Latin bēsta (“animal”). Compare biche (probably from Old French bisse, itself from Vulgar Latin bīstia; compare Italian biscia).

Je dis ça, mais depuis quelques semaines elle est moins bête. Même avec moi

1999, Chrystine Brouillet, Les Fiancées de l'Enfer, →ISBN, page 69:

I say that, but these last few weeks she hasn't been as nasty [lit: "less of a beast"]. Even with me.

(Canada, informal) grumpy (having a bad character or in a bad mood; showing great displeasure in interacting with people)


ARC

(Canada, military, aviation) abbreviation of Aviation royale canadienne; RCAF (“Royal Canadian Air Force”)

(Canada, finanace) abbreviation of Agence du revenu du Canada (“Revenu Canada”); CRA (“Canada Revenue Agency”), Revenue Canada


entrée

→ Danish: entré

→ English: entrée

→ Greek: αντρέ (antré)

→ Swedish: entré

→ Turkish: antre


peacekeeper

(Canada, law enforcement) peacekeeper (peace officer from an aboriginal Canadian community)


RPC

Régime de pensions du Canada
w:fr:Régime de pensions du Canada

(Canada) initialism of Régime de pensions du Canada (“Canada Pension Plan”): CPP


gosse

Uncertain. It could be an old or dialectal variant of gousse.


maître

fr-noun

maître m (plural maîtres, feminine maîtresse or maître)

maîtres (plural)
maîtresse (feminine)
maître (feminine)
maitre (alternative)

→ Dutch: maître

→ Polish: metr

→ Russian: мэтр (mɛtr)

Inherited from Middle French maistre, from Old French maistre, from Latin magistrum. Doublet of maestro, borrowed from Italian, magister, borrowed from Latin, and master, borrowed from English.


pogo

From English pogo (“corndog”) genericized from the trademark Pogo.

(Canada, food, informal) pogo (corndog on a stick)


REER

(Canada) acronym of régime enregistrée d'épargne-retraite (“registered retirement savings plan”): RRSP


baccalauréat

Borrowed from Medieval Latin baccalaureātus, from baccalaureus, an alteration of baccalārius (“young man aspiring to knighthood”) to resemble bacca laurī (“laurel berry”) (the ancient symbol of victory).


outarde

→ Italian: otarda

From Latin avis tarda ("slow bird"), contracted in *austarda.


chopine

(Canada) a French Canadian term for an imperial pint, equal to one eighth of an Imperial gallon, 20 Imperial ounces, or 0.568 liters


chesterfield

un chesterfield à vendre

(Canada) a chesterfield (a couch, sofa, or love seat)


hé

eille (alternative Quebec)
heille (alternative Quebec)

Tu es Canadien, hé?

(Canada) Used as a tag question, to emphasise what goes before or to request that the listener confirm or agree with what has been said.


cité

→ Dutch: cité

→ Turkish: site

Inherited from Middle French cité, from Old French citet, from older ciptet, from Late Latin cīvitātem (“city”).

(historical, Canada) a municipality with city rather than town status


pinte

From Vulgar Latin *pincta (“mark used to indicate level on vessels”), from Latin pictus (“painted”), from Latin pingō (“paint”, verb).

der

(Canada) a French-Canadian term for an Imperial quart, equal to ¹⁄₄ of an Imperial gallon, 2 Imperial pints, 40 Imperial ounces or 1.136 liters


grano

Elles étaient toutes superbes, chacune dans un style différent. J'ai engagé des preppies, des granos, des gothiques, des alternos, des baveuses et des discrètes, des intellos et des skateuses, des pops, des rocks, des punks, des trouées, des tatouées, des campagnardes, des banlieusardes et des urbaines, des filles de bars, des filles de raves, des filles de rêves.

2015 [2004], Stéphane Dompierre, Un petit pas pour l'homme, →ISBN, page 53:

On tombe aussi sur beaucoup de sites un peu louches et de forums, sur lesquels les internautes se défendent bec et ongles de ne pas être grano. On propose même sur le site de IGA une recette de végé-pâté «pas trop grano».

2018 August 11, “Être grano, c’est quoi ?”, in L'Express, retrieved 2021-12-16:

(informal, Canada) granola (eating healthy food, supporting the protection of the environment etc.)


lime

Borrowed from Spanish lima, from Arabic لِيمَة (līma).


joual

Pronunciation spelling of the joual pronunciation of cheval (“horse”) (/ʃəval/ → /ʒwal/).

Pilier de cette scène, Loud manie aussi le joual (le parler québécois populaire) et assume de jongler avec un lexique composite :[…]

2023 June, Éric Delhaye, “Au Québec, in French, please !”, in Le Monde diplomatique, page 27:


seigneur

fr-noun

seigneur m (plural seigneurs, feminine seigneuresse or seigneuse)

seigneurs (plural)
seigneuresse (feminine)
seigneuse (feminine)

Inherited from Middle French seigneur, from Old French seignor (oblique form), from Latin seniōrem (compare sire, derived from the nominative form). Doublet of senior.

(Canada) seigneur (a landowner, holder of a seigneurie)


prime time

prime time m (countable and uncountable, plural prime times)


arrondissement

arrondissement m (plural arrondissements)

Haitian Creole: awondisman

→ Bulgarian: арондисман (arondisman)

→ English: arrondissement

→ German: Arrondissement

→ Romanian: arondisment

→ Russian: арондисма́н (arondismán)

→ Serbo-Croatian:

Cyrillic script: арондисман

Latin script: arondisman

→ Turkish: arondisman

→ Ukrainian: арондісма́н (arondismán)

(Canada) arrondissement, a borough (submunicipal administrative division)


crosse

→ Portuguese: crossa

Inherited from Middle French crosse, from Old French crosse (“shepherd's staff”), from a Germanic language, likely Frankish *krukkju, ultimately from Proto-Germanic *krukjō (“staff, crutch”).
Compare Old High German krucka, Old Saxon krukka, Middle Dutch crucke, English crutch.

der

(Canada, uncountable, informal) fraud, a swindle (usually as de la crosse)


jubé

Inherited from Middle French jubé, from Latin iubē, singular imperative of iubeō (“allow, bid”), from the Latin formula jube, Domine, benedicere ("deign, O Lord, to bless [me]"), which the reader used before reading the lesson at matins.

(Belgium, Luxembourg, Canada) choir loft, organ loft


vitre

Borrowed from Latin vitrum. Doublet of verre. Compare Spanish vidrio and Catalan vidre.


PFK

Initialism of Poulet Frit à la Kentucky, translated from English Kentucky Fried Chicken.

(Quebec, Canada) KFC (chain of fast-food chicken restaurants)


comté

Inherited from Middle French comté, conté, from Old French conté (a feminine word, as can be seen in Franche-Comté). Morphologically, from comte + -é. Compare Medieval Latin comitātus. Doublet of comtat.


aboiteau

(Canada, Acadia) a dike built for land reclamation

(Canada, Acadia) the sluice in a dike that allows water out at low tide, but blocks its entry at high tide


lette

Je te défends de dire que tu es lette.


piger

piger (infinitive)
avoir + past participle (infinitive multiword-construction)
pigeant (gerund participle present)
ayant + past participle (gerund multiword-construction participle present)
pigé (participle past)
pige (first-person indicative present singular)
piges (indicative present second-person singular)
pige (indicative present singular third-person)
pigeons (first-person indicative plural present)
pigez (indicative plural present second-person)
pigent (indicative plural present third-person)
pigeais (first-person imperfect indicative singular)
pigeais (imperfect indicative second-person singular)
pigeait (imperfect indicative singular third-person)
pigions (first-person imperfect indicative plural)
pigiez (imperfect indicative plural second-person)
pigeaient (imperfect indicative plural third-person)
pigeai (first-person historic indicative past singular)
pigeas (historic indicative past second-person singular)
pigea (historic indicative past singular third-person)
pigeâmes (first-person historic indicative past plural)
pigeâtes (historic indicative past plural second-person)
pigèrent (historic indicative past plural third-person)
pigerai (first-person future indicative singular)
pigeras (future indicative second-person singular)
pigera (future indicative singular third-person)
pigerons (first-person future indicative plural)
pigerez (future indicative plural second-person)
pigeront (future indicative plural third-person)
pigerais (conditional first-person singular)
pigerais (conditional second-person singular)
pigerait (conditional singular third-person)
pigerions (conditional first-person plural)
pigeriez (conditional plural second-person)
pigeraient (conditional plural third-person)
future of avoir + past participle (future indicative multiword-construction perfect)
conditional of avoir + past participle (conditional multiword-construction perfect)
pige (first-person present singular subjunctive)
piges (present second-person singular subjunctive)
pige (present singular subjunctive third-person)
pigions (first-person plural present subjunctive)
pigiez (plural present second-person subjunctive)
pigent (plural present subjunctive third-person)
pigeasse (first-person imperfect singular subjunctive)
pigeasses (imperfect second-person singular subjunctive)
pigeât (imperfect singular subjunctive third-person)
pigeassions (first-person imperfect plural subjunctive)
pigeassiez (imperfect plural second-person subjunctive)
pigeassent (imperfect plural subjunctive third-person)
pige (imperative second-person singular)
pigeons (first-person imperative plural)
pigez (imperative plural second-person)

Believed to be derived from an adjective meaning "caught", from Late Latin *pedicus, from Latin pedica (“snare, shackle, fetter”), and therefore doublet of piéger.


UDA

Union des artistes
w:fr:Union des artistes (Canada)

(Canada, Quebec) acronym of Union des artistes (literally “Union of Artists”)


dép

dép (plural)
dép. (alternative)
dep (alternative)
dep. (alternative)


doyenne

fr-noun

doyenne f (plural doyennes, masculine doyen)

(Canada, education) female dean at an educational establishment


biche

Inherited from Middle French biche, from Old French biche (“doe, female deer”) and bisse (“wild animal”), of uncertain origin and relation. The form bisse is almost certainly from Vulgar Latin bīstia, variant of Latin bēstia (compare bête); however, the contemporary biche is an enigma, and possibly unrelated. It may be the Picard or Norman form of bisse, (compare chent for cent) or may share origin with Middle French bique (“nanny-goat”), believed to be derived from Proto-Germanic *bik (“goat”) or perhaps related to Icelandic bikkja (“old mare, nag”). More at bouc.


carriole

Borrowed from Old Occitan carriola, from carri (“chariot”), from Vulgar Latin *carreum, variant of carrus.


beurrer

beurrer (infinitive)
avoir + past participle (infinitive multiword-construction)
beurrant (gerund participle present)
ayant + past participle (gerund multiword-construction participle present)
beurré (participle past)
beurre (first-person indicative present singular)
beurres (indicative present second-person singular)
beurre (indicative present singular third-person)
beurrons (first-person indicative plural present)
beurrez (indicative plural present second-person)
beurrent (indicative plural present third-person)
beurrais (first-person imperfect indicative singular)
beurrais (imperfect indicative second-person singular)
beurrait (imperfect indicative singular third-person)
beurrions (first-person imperfect indicative plural)
beurriez (imperfect indicative plural second-person)
beurraient (imperfect indicative plural third-person)
beurrai (first-person historic indicative past singular)
beurras (historic indicative past second-person singular)
beurra (historic indicative past singular third-person)
beurrâmes (first-person historic indicative past plural)
beurrâtes (historic indicative past plural second-person)
beurrèrent (historic indicative past plural third-person)
beurrerai (first-person future indicative singular)
beurreras (future indicative second-person singular)
beurrera (future indicative singular third-person)
beurrerons (first-person future indicative plural)
beurrerez (future indicative plural second-person)
beurreront (future indicative plural third-person)
beurrerais (conditional first-person singular)
beurrerais (conditional second-person singular)
beurrerait (conditional singular third-person)
beurrerions (conditional first-person plural)
beurreriez (conditional plural second-person)
beurreraient (conditional plural third-person)
future of avoir + past participle (future indicative multiword-construction perfect)
conditional of avoir + past participle (conditional multiword-construction perfect)
beurre (first-person present singular subjunctive)
beurres (present second-person singular subjunctive)
beurre (present singular subjunctive third-person)
beurrions (first-person plural present subjunctive)
beurriez (plural present second-person subjunctive)
beurrent (plural present subjunctive third-person)
beurrasse (first-person imperfect singular subjunctive)
beurrasses (imperfect second-person singular subjunctive)
beurrât (imperfect singular subjunctive third-person)
beurrassions (first-person imperfect plural subjunctive)
beurrassiez (imperfect plural second-person subjunctive)
beurrassent (imperfect plural subjunctive third-person)
beurre (imperative second-person singular)
beurrons (first-person imperative plural)
beurrez (imperative plural second-person)

(Canada, Quebec) to get dirty, to soil smth. (or oneself, with se)

(Canada, Quebec, transitive) to exaggerate, to try too hard


NCSM

Navire Canadien de Sa Majesté
Navire Canadien de Sa Majesté#French

(Canada, military, nautical) HMCS; initialism of Navire Canadien de Sa Majesté; (His/Her Majesty's Canadian Ship). A designation for ships of the Canadian Forces Maritime Command


RDS

Réseau des Sports
w:fr:Réseau des Sports

(Canada, sports, broadcasting) initialism of Réseau des Sports, a Canadian sports broadcaster based in Quebec.


GRC

G.R.C. (alternative)
G. R. C. (alternative)

Gendarmerie Royale du Canada
w:fr:Gendarmerie Royale du Canada

(law enforcement, Canada) initialism of Gendarmerie Royale du Canada (“Royal Canadian Mounted Police”): RCMP


fioul

Borrowed from English fuel. Doublet of fouaille.


CIC

Citoyenneté et Immigration Canada
w:fr:Citoyenneté et Immigration Canada

(Canada, historical) initialism of Citoyenneté et Immigration Canada (“Citizenship and Immigration Canada”): CIC


RCI

(Canada, radio) initialism of Radio Canada International


Canadiens

(Canada) the Montreal Canadiens hockey club


Habs

Max Domi… un HABS. Proche de la réalité? Les Coyotes reçoivent offre après offre du CH.

Max Domi… a Hab. Close to reality? The Coyotes received offer after offer from the Canadiens.

(Canada) a member of the Montreal Canadiens

les Canadiens

whole team also referred to in singular: le Canadien


Métis

Métis m (plural Métis, feminine Métisse)

(chiefly Canada) a member of one of these three Canadian Aboriginal peoples


PQ

P.Q. (alternative)
P. Q. (alternative)
P.-Q. (alternative)

(dated, Canada) initialism of province de Québec


SADC

w:fr:Société d'assurance-dépôts du Canada

(Canada, banking) initialism of Société d'assurance-dépôts du Canada (“Canadian Deposit Insurance Corporation”): CDIC


dégel

(seasons, time) breakup, one of the 6 seasons of high latitudes; the thaw.


chocolatine

From chocolat (“chocolate”) + -ine (feminine diminutive suffix).

af

pain au chocolat
pain au chocolat#French

(Canada, Meridional) synonym of pain au chocolat


NPD

N.P.D. (alternative)
N. P. D. (alternative)

Nouveau Parti démocratique
Nouveau Parti démocratique#French

New Democratic Party
New Democratic Party

(Canada) NDP; initialism of Nouveau Parti démocratique (“New Democratic Party”)


rouge-gorge

Turdus migratorius
Turdus migratorius#Translingual

(Canada) American robin (Turdus migratorius)


chum de fille

LL-Q150 (fra)-DenisdeShawi-chum de fille.wav

(Canada, informal) Non-romantic girlfriend, female friend (especially of a woman)


mitaine

→ Dutch: mitaine

→ Russian: мите́нка (miténka)

Inherited from Old French mite, miste (“playful name for cat”) + -aine. See also minet (“cat”) and Provençal mino (“female cat”), both of expressive origin.
Sense 3 is borrowed from English meeting; cf. the sound change in domplaine (“dumpling”).

onomatopoeic

expressive

(Canada, dated) a protestant church or religious office


japper

japper (infinitive)
avoir + past participle (infinitive multiword-construction)
jappant (gerund participle present)
ayant + past participle (gerund multiword-construction participle present)
jappé (participle past)
jappe (first-person indicative present singular)
jappes (indicative present second-person singular)
jappe (indicative present singular third-person)
jappons (first-person indicative plural present)
jappez (indicative plural present second-person)
jappent (indicative plural present third-person)
jappais (first-person imperfect indicative singular)
jappais (imperfect indicative second-person singular)
jappait (imperfect indicative singular third-person)
jappions (first-person imperfect indicative plural)
jappiez (imperfect indicative plural second-person)
jappaient (imperfect indicative plural third-person)
jappai (first-person historic indicative past singular)
jappas (historic indicative past second-person singular)
jappa (historic indicative past singular third-person)
jappâmes (first-person historic indicative past plural)
jappâtes (historic indicative past plural second-person)
jappèrent (historic indicative past plural third-person)
japperai (first-person future indicative singular)
japperas (future indicative second-person singular)
jappera (future indicative singular third-person)
japperons (first-person future indicative plural)
japperez (future indicative plural second-person)
japperont (future indicative plural third-person)
japperais (conditional first-person singular)
japperais (conditional second-person singular)
japperait (conditional singular third-person)
japperions (conditional first-person plural)
japperiez (conditional plural second-person)
japperaient (conditional plural third-person)
future of avoir + past participle (future indicative multiword-construction perfect)
conditional of avoir + past participle (conditional multiword-construction perfect)
jappe (first-person present singular subjunctive)
jappes (present second-person singular subjunctive)
jappe (present singular subjunctive third-person)
jappions (first-person plural present subjunctive)
jappiez (plural present second-person subjunctive)
jappent (plural present subjunctive third-person)
jappasse (first-person imperfect singular subjunctive)
jappasses (imperfect second-person singular subjunctive)
jappât (imperfect singular subjunctive third-person)
jappassions (first-person imperfect plural subjunctive)
jappassiez (imperfect plural second-person subjunctive)
jappassent (imperfect plural subjunctive third-person)
jappe (imperative second-person singular)
jappons (first-person imperative plural)
jappez (imperative plural second-person)

From Middle French japper, from Old French japer (“to bark, howl, scream”), related to Old Occitan japar, jaupar (“to bark, yelp, yap”), probably of Germanic origin, perhaps via Frankish *galpōn (“to boast, brag, bark”), from Proto-Germanic *galpōną (“to sound out, boast”).
Related to Old Saxon galpōn (“to cry loudly, make a noise, brag”), Low German galpen (“to bark, howl”), Middle High German gelpfen (“to scream, bark, boast, proclaim”), Old Norse gjalpa (“to yelp”), Swedish dialectal galpa (“to cry, screech”). Compare also English yap. More at galp.


chialer

chialer (infinitive)
avoir + past participle (infinitive multiword-construction)
chialant (gerund participle present)
ayant + past participle (gerund multiword-construction participle present)
chialé (participle past)
chiale (first-person indicative present singular)
chiales (indicative present second-person singular)
chiale (indicative present singular third-person)
chialons (first-person indicative plural present)
chialez (indicative plural present second-person)
chialent (indicative plural present third-person)
chialais (first-person imperfect indicative singular)
chialais (imperfect indicative second-person singular)
chialait (imperfect indicative singular third-person)
chialions (first-person imperfect indicative plural)
chialiez (imperfect indicative plural second-person)
chialaient (imperfect indicative plural third-person)
chialai (first-person historic indicative past singular)
chialas (historic indicative past second-person singular)
chiala (historic indicative past singular third-person)
chialâmes (first-person historic indicative past plural)
chialâtes (historic indicative past plural second-person)
chialèrent (historic indicative past plural third-person)
chialerai (first-person future indicative singular)
chialeras (future indicative second-person singular)
chialera (future indicative singular third-person)
chialerons (first-person future indicative plural)
chialerez (future indicative plural second-person)
chialeront (future indicative plural third-person)
chialerais (conditional first-person singular)
chialerais (conditional second-person singular)
chialerait (conditional singular third-person)
chialerions (conditional first-person plural)
chialeriez (conditional plural second-person)
chialeraient (conditional plural third-person)
future of avoir + past participle (future indicative multiword-construction perfect)
conditional of avoir + past participle (conditional multiword-construction perfect)
chiale (first-person present singular subjunctive)
chiales (present second-person singular subjunctive)
chiale (present singular subjunctive third-person)
chialions (first-person plural present subjunctive)
chialiez (plural present second-person subjunctive)
chialent (plural present subjunctive third-person)
chialasse (first-person imperfect singular subjunctive)
chialasses (imperfect second-person singular subjunctive)
chialât (imperfect singular subjunctive third-person)
chialassions (first-person imperfect plural subjunctive)
chialassiez (imperfect plural second-person subjunctive)
chialassent (imperfect plural subjunctive third-person)
chiale (imperative second-person singular)
chialons (first-person imperative plural)
chialez (imperative plural second-person)
chiâler (alternative Canada)

"Elle va encore chialer parce qu'on a oublié quelque chose."

She's going to complain again because we've forgotten something.


baveux

fr-adj

baveux (feminine baveuse, masculine plural baveux, feminine plural baveuses)

baveuse (feminine)
baveux (masculine plural)
baveuses (feminine plural)

"Et insolente avec les profs. La moitié des élèves l'admire parce qu'elle est baveuse."

1999, Chrystine Brouillet, Les Fiancées de l'Enfer, →ISBN, page 135:

And cheeky with teachers. Half the students admire her for her cockiness.

(Canada, informal) arrogant and cheeky against authority; cocky


BQ

B.Q. (alternative)
B. Q. (alternative)
B.-Q. (alternative)

(initialism, Canada, politics) Bloc Québécois—a political party of Canada


cartable

→ Vietnamese: cạc-táp

Related to carte, but of unclear formation.


croche

Inherited from Middle French croche, from Old French croche, feminine form of croc (“hook”), from Frankish *krok (“hook”), from Proto-Germanic *krukaz, *krōkaz (“something bent, hook”), from Proto-Indo-European *ger- (“to turn, bend, wind”). Cognate with Old Norse krókr (“hook”).

der

(Canada, informal) crooked; not straight as it should be

T'a peut-être fait quelque chose de croche.

1996, Chrystine Brouillet, C'est pour mieux t'aimer, mon enfant, →ISBN, page 79:

(Canada, informal) crooked; dishonest or of otherwise dubious morality


caveau

From cave + -eau. From Old French caviau.

Ils creusèrent un trou d’1 m.2 [sic] de profondeur et de 6 mètres de large, érigèrent des murs de rondins d’1 m.2 au-dessus du sol et utilisèrent des mottes de terre pour le toit. Ce concept fut connu sous le nom de caveau.

They dug a hole of 1 meter by 2 to a depth of 6 meters, erected log walls 1 to 2 meters above the ground and used clods of earth for the roof. This concept was known under the name of a caveau.


pulpe

(especially Canada) wood pulp (for paper) [from 1858]

pulp (various meanings)
wood pulp (for paper)


gaspereau

On prétend que les moulins à scier qui sont à 3 milles 1/2 au-dessus de la pointe Rogers ont considérablement diminué le nombre des saumons et des gaspereaux qui visitent ce cours d'eau.

1864, Annales hydrographiques: Recueil d'avis, instructions, documents et mémoires relatifs à l'hydrographie et à la navigation, page 329:

It is claimed that the sawmills that are 3 1/2 miles above Rogers Point have considerably diminished the number of salmon and gaspereaux that visit this waterway.

Pendant cette matinée, les gaspereaux donnèrent en abondance. À plusieurs reprises, les filets s'emplirent à rompre.

1889, Jules Verne, Famille-Sans-Nom (entièrement illustré): Nouvelle édition augmentée, Arvensa editions, published 2014, →ISBN, page 106:

During that morning, the alewives were in abundance. Several times, the nets were filled to breaking point.

Cette migration annuelle des gaspereaux, un poisson rapide et argenté connu sous plusieurs noms, commence habituellement en mai pour se continuer jusqu'à la fin de juin. Même si le gaspereau ne peut être classé avec la morue […]

This annual migration of gaspereaus, a fast and silvery fish known under several names, usually begins in May and continues to the end of June. Even if the gaspereau cannot be classed with the cod […]

Même si les chalutiers qui pêchent en eau profonde, sur les bancs en haute mer, ramassent plusieurs spécimens de la vie marine, rarement capturent-ils un gaspereau dans leurs filets.

Even if the trawlers that fish in deep water, along the shoals in open sea, gather several specimens of marine life, they rarely capture a gaspereau in their nets.


cédule

Inherited from Old French cedule, borrowed from Latin schedula, diminutive of scheda. Compare Portuguese and Spanish cédula.


aboteau

(Canada, rare) alternative form of aboiteau


blogue

Frenchified spelling of the English blog, mainly used in Canada.


échevin

fr-noun

échevin m (plural échevins, feminine échevine)

Inherited from Old French eschevin, from Early Medieval Latin scabīnus from Frankish *skapin, related to *skappjan.

(Belgium, Luxembourg, Canada) alderman, municipal councillor


maîtrise

maîtrises (plural)
maitrise (alternative)


banc de neige

LL-Q150 (fra)-DenisdeShawi-banc de neige.wav


relâche

(Canada, colloquialism) spring break, March break (a break in the school term, for the winter-spring semester)


achaler

achaler (infinitive)
avoir + past participle (infinitive multiword-construction)
achalant (gerund participle present)
ayant + past participle (gerund multiword-construction participle present)
achalé (participle past)
achale (first-person indicative present singular)
achales (indicative present second-person singular)
achale (indicative present singular third-person)
achalons (first-person indicative plural present)
achalez (indicative plural present second-person)
achalent (indicative plural present third-person)
achalais (first-person imperfect indicative singular)
achalais (imperfect indicative second-person singular)
achalait (imperfect indicative singular third-person)
achalions (first-person imperfect indicative plural)
achaliez (imperfect indicative plural second-person)
achalaient (imperfect indicative plural third-person)
achalai (first-person historic indicative past singular)
achalas (historic indicative past second-person singular)
achala (historic indicative past singular third-person)
achalâmes (first-person historic indicative past plural)
achalâtes (historic indicative past plural second-person)
achalèrent (historic indicative past plural third-person)
achalerai (first-person future indicative singular)
achaleras (future indicative second-person singular)
achalera (future indicative singular third-person)
achalerons (first-person future indicative plural)
achalerez (future indicative plural second-person)
achaleront (future indicative plural third-person)
achalerais (conditional first-person singular)
achalerais (conditional second-person singular)
achalerait (conditional singular third-person)
achalerions (conditional first-person plural)
achaleriez (conditional plural second-person)
achaleraient (conditional plural third-person)
future of avoir + past participle (future indicative multiword-construction perfect)
conditional of avoir + past participle (conditional multiword-construction perfect)
achale (first-person present singular subjunctive)
achales (present second-person singular subjunctive)
achale (present singular subjunctive third-person)
achalions (first-person plural present subjunctive)
achaliez (plural present second-person subjunctive)
achalent (plural present subjunctive third-person)
achalasse (first-person imperfect singular subjunctive)
achalasses (imperfect second-person singular subjunctive)
achalât (imperfect singular subjunctive third-person)
achalassions (first-person imperfect plural subjunctive)
achalassiez (imperfect plural second-person subjunctive)
achalassent (imperfect plural subjunctive third-person)
achale (imperative second-person singular)
achalons (first-person imperative plural)
achalez (imperative plural second-person)

Inherited from Old French achaillir, achaloir (“heat up”), compare modern french chaloir (“to matter”) and dialectal chaler (“to heat”).

1945, Gabrielle Roy, Bonheur d'occasion, Éditions Pascal, p. 69, (trans. Alan Brown, The Tin Flute, 1980)

So they dun it into our ears that we gotta buy all their junk.

Ça fait donc qu'a nous achale pour qu'on achète ses bebelles.

2009, Novembre 13, Maxime Deland, "Battu à coups de pierres", 24H Montréal, p. 8,
La victime tentait de venir en aide à une dame qui se faisait achaler par les jeunes.

The victim attempted to assist a woman who was being harassed by the youths.

(Canada, informal) to annoy, harass, badger


CSARS

w:fr:Comité de surveillance des activités de renseignement de sécurité

(Canada) initialism of Comité de surveillance des activités de renseignement de sécurité: SIRC


CSTC

w:fr:Centre de la sécurité des télécommunications Canada

(Canada) initialism of Centre de la sécurité des télécommunications Canada: CSEC


Forces armées canadiennes

fr-proper noun

Forces armées canadiennes f pl (plural only)


pépère

Reduplication of père. Compare Danish, Swedish, Norwegian farfar (“[paternal] grandfather”).

cog

(Canada) grandfather (also spelled pépé)


boisé

(Canada, Switzerland) wood, woodland (forested or wooded area)


seigneurie

From Middle French, from Old French signorie. Equivalent to seigneur + -ie.


Six Nations

Six-Nations (alternative)
6 Nations (alternative)

Réserve des Six Nations
Réserve des Six Nations#French

(Canada) Six Nations; ellipsis of Réserve des Six Nations


annuité

Borrowed from Medieval Latin annuitātem, from Latin annuus (“annual”).


BFC

Forces canadiennes
Forces canadiennes#French

(Canada, military) CFB: abbreviation of Base des Forces canadiennes


s/o

(Canada) abbreviation of sans objet n/a (not applicable)


multiculturalisme

fr-noun

multiculturalisme m (plural multiculturalismes)

(Canada) Canadian multicultural mosaic policy (by opposition to Quebec's intercultural policy, for example)


barguigner

barguigner (infinitive)
avoir + past participle (infinitive multiword-construction)
barguignant (gerund participle present)
ayant + past participle (gerund multiword-construction participle present)
barguigné (participle past)
barguigne (first-person indicative present singular)
barguignes (indicative present second-person singular)
barguigne (indicative present singular third-person)
barguignons (first-person indicative plural present)
barguignez (indicative plural present second-person)
barguignent (indicative plural present third-person)
barguignais (first-person imperfect indicative singular)
barguignais (imperfect indicative second-person singular)
barguignait (imperfect indicative singular third-person)
barguignions (first-person imperfect indicative plural)
barguigniez (imperfect indicative plural second-person)
barguignaient (imperfect indicative plural third-person)
barguignai (first-person historic indicative past singular)
barguignas (historic indicative past second-person singular)
barguigna (historic indicative past singular third-person)
barguignâmes (first-person historic indicative past plural)
barguignâtes (historic indicative past plural second-person)
barguignèrent (historic indicative past plural third-person)
barguignerai (first-person future indicative singular)
barguigneras (future indicative second-person singular)
barguignera (future indicative singular third-person)
barguignerons (first-person future indicative plural)
barguignerez (future indicative plural second-person)
barguigneront (future indicative plural third-person)
barguignerais (conditional first-person singular)
barguignerais (conditional second-person singular)
barguignerait (conditional singular third-person)
barguignerions (conditional first-person plural)
barguigneriez (conditional plural second-person)
barguigneraient (conditional plural third-person)
future of avoir + past participle (future indicative multiword-construction perfect)
conditional of avoir + past participle (conditional multiword-construction perfect)
barguigne (first-person present singular subjunctive)
barguignes (present second-person singular subjunctive)
barguigne (present singular subjunctive third-person)
barguignions (first-person plural present subjunctive)
barguigniez (plural present second-person subjunctive)
barguignent (plural present subjunctive third-person)
barguignasse (first-person imperfect singular subjunctive)
barguignasses (imperfect second-person singular subjunctive)
barguignât (imperfect singular subjunctive third-person)
barguignassions (first-person imperfect plural subjunctive)
barguignassiez (imperfect plural second-person subjunctive)
barguignassent (imperfect plural subjunctive third-person)
barguigne (imperative second-person singular)
barguignons (first-person imperative plural)
barguignez (imperative plural second-person)

Inherited from Old French bargaignier, from Frankish *borganjan. Compare English bargain and Portuguese barganhar.


orignal

Borrowed from Basque oreinak, plural of orein (“deer”). First attested in the texts of Samuel de Champlain as orignac.


garrocher

garrocher (infinitive)
avoir + past participle (infinitive multiword-construction)
garrochant (gerund participle present)
ayant + past participle (gerund multiword-construction participle present)
garroché (participle past)
garroche (first-person indicative present singular)
garroches (indicative present second-person singular)
garroche (indicative present singular third-person)
garrochons (first-person indicative plural present)
garrochez (indicative plural present second-person)
garrochent (indicative plural present third-person)
garrochais (first-person imperfect indicative singular)
garrochais (imperfect indicative second-person singular)
garrochait (imperfect indicative singular third-person)
garrochions (first-person imperfect indicative plural)
garrochiez (imperfect indicative plural second-person)
garrochaient (imperfect indicative plural third-person)
garrochai (first-person historic indicative past singular)
garrochas (historic indicative past second-person singular)
garrocha (historic indicative past singular third-person)
garrochâmes (first-person historic indicative past plural)
garrochâtes (historic indicative past plural second-person)
garrochèrent (historic indicative past plural third-person)
garrocherai (first-person future indicative singular)
garrocheras (future indicative second-person singular)
garrochera (future indicative singular third-person)
garrocherons (first-person future indicative plural)
garrocherez (future indicative plural second-person)
garrocheront (future indicative plural third-person)
garrocherais (conditional first-person singular)
garrocherais (conditional second-person singular)
garrocherait (conditional singular third-person)
garrocherions (conditional first-person plural)
garrocheriez (conditional plural second-person)
garrocheraient (conditional plural third-person)
future of avoir + past participle (future indicative multiword-construction perfect)
conditional of avoir + past participle (conditional multiword-construction perfect)
garroche (first-person present singular subjunctive)
garroches (present second-person singular subjunctive)
garroche (present singular subjunctive third-person)
garrochions (first-person plural present subjunctive)
garrochiez (plural present second-person subjunctive)
garrochent (plural present subjunctive third-person)
garrochasse (first-person imperfect singular subjunctive)
garrochasses (imperfect second-person singular subjunctive)
garrochât (imperfect singular subjunctive third-person)
garrochassions (first-person imperfect plural subjunctive)
garrochassiez (imperfect plural second-person subjunctive)
garrochassent (imperfect plural subjunctive third-person)
garroche (imperative second-person singular)
garrochons (first-person imperative plural)
garrochez (imperative plural second-person)

Western dialectal; from Old French garochier (“to fire a projectile, strike with a projectile”), from garroc, guaroc (“crossbow bolt”), variant of garrot, garot (“large wooden projectile, stick for twisting rope”). More at garrot.

der

(Canada) to throw aimlessly or carelessly


tour CN

(Canada) CN Tower, a tourist attraction, radio-television broadcast tower, communications tower, observation tower, in Toronto, Ontario, Canada


néo-démocrate

fr-noun

néo-démocrate m or f by sense (plural néo-démocrates)

Nouveau Parti démocratique
Nouveau Parti démocratique

(politics, Canada) New Democrat — a member of the New Democratic Party (Nouveau Parti démocratique)


Bloc

(Canada, politics) Bloc — Bloc Québécois (Bloc québécois)


assavoir

assavoir (infinitive)
avoir + past participle (infinitive multiword-construction)
assachant (gerund participle present)
ayant + past participle (gerund multiword-construction participle present)
assu (participle past)
assais (first-person indicative present singular)
assais (indicative present second-person singular)
assait (indicative present singular third-person)
assavons (first-person indicative plural present)
assavez (indicative plural present second-person)
assavent (indicative plural present third-person)
assavais (first-person imperfect indicative singular)
assavais (imperfect indicative second-person singular)
assavait (imperfect indicative singular third-person)
assavions (first-person imperfect indicative plural)
assaviez (imperfect indicative plural second-person)
assavaient (imperfect indicative plural third-person)
assus (first-person historic indicative past singular)
assus (historic indicative past second-person singular)
assut (historic indicative past singular third-person)
assûmes (first-person historic indicative past plural)
assûtes (historic indicative past plural second-person)
assurent (historic indicative past plural third-person)
assaurai (first-person future indicative singular)
assaurai (first-person future indicative singular)
assauras (future indicative second-person singular)
assauras (future indicative second-person singular)
assaura (future indicative singular third-person)
assaura (future indicative singular third-person)
assaurons (first-person future indicative plural)
assaurons (first-person future indicative plural)
assaurez (future indicative plural second-person)
assaurez (future indicative plural second-person)
assauront (future indicative plural third-person)
assauront (future indicative plural third-person)
assaurais (conditional first-person singular)
assaurais (conditional first-person singular)
assaurais (conditional second-person singular)
assaurais (conditional second-person singular)
assaurait (conditional singular third-person)
assaurait (conditional singular third-person)
assaurions (conditional first-person plural)
assaurions (conditional first-person plural)
assauriez (conditional plural second-person)
assauriez (conditional plural second-person)
assauraient (conditional plural third-person)
assauraient (conditional plural third-person)
future of avoir + past participle (future indicative multiword-construction perfect)
conditional of avoir + past participle (conditional multiword-construction perfect)
assache (first-person present singular subjunctive)
assaches (present second-person singular subjunctive)
assache (present singular subjunctive third-person)
assachions (first-person plural present subjunctive)
assachiez (plural present second-person subjunctive)
assachent (plural present subjunctive third-person)
assusse (first-person imperfect singular subjunctive)
assusses (imperfect second-person singular subjunctive)
assût (imperfect singular subjunctive third-person)
assussions (first-person imperfect plural subjunctive)
assussiez (imperfect plural second-person subjunctive)
assussent (imperfect plural subjunctive third-person)
assache (imperative second-person singular)
assachons (first-person imperative plural)
assachez (imperative plural second-person)


TPS

Initialism of taxe sur les produits et services.

init

goods and services tax
goods and services tax#English

(Canada, taxation) GST (goods and services tax)


taxe sur les produits et services

fr-noun

taxe sur les produits et services f (plural taxes sur les produits et services)

taxes sur les produits et services (plural)

goods and services tax
goods and services tax

(Canada, taxation) goods and services tax (GST)


tourtière

tourtière du Lac-St-Jean
tourtière du Lac-St-Jean#French

(Canada, Quebec, food) tourtière, a type of traditional French-Canadian meat pie. synonym of tourtière du Lac-St-Jean


pensionnat

→ German: Pensionat


visionnement

Cette vidéo a atteint les 1 000 000 visionnements sur YouTube.

(Canada, Internet) view (an individual viewing of a video by a user)


caquiste

caquiste m or f by sense (plural caquistes)

(Canada, politics) a member of the Coalition Avenir Québec


caquiste

(Canada, politics, relational) of the Coalition Avenir Québec


crotté

crotté m (plural crottés, feminine crottée)


parmentier

From hachis parmentier (“shepherd's pie”) or purée parmentier, from Antoine-Augustin Parmentier, from Parmentier, from parmentier, from Middle French parementier.

hachis parmentier
hachis parmentier#French

pâté chinois

the version of shepherd's pie from Quebec

(Canada) the version of shepherd's pie from France; ellipsis of hachis parmentier


hachis parmentier

Named after Antoine-Augustin Parmentier.

(Canada) the version of shepherd's pie from France


traversier

(nautical, Canada) ferry (for cars, etc.)


téléjournal

(Canada, Switzerland, television) newscast (TV news programme)


procureure de la Couronne

procureure de la Couronne f (plural procureures de la Couronne)


nous autres

Louisiana Creole: nouzòt

See nous and autre. Compare Asturian nosotros, Catalan nosaltres, Galician nosoutros, Italian noialtri, Occitan nosautres, Spanish nosotros.

(Canada) We: inclusive or exclusive first-person plural (I and you; I, you, and others; or I and others)


sécuritaire

Pour assurer la sécurité de votre bébé pour chaque période de sommeil, respectez les 3 règles d'or d'un sommeil sécuritaire et informez-en toute personne qui prend soin de votre enfant.

Gonvernment of Canada (2023 May 1) “Sleep safety for babies, infants and children”, in Health, retrieved 2023-08-19

Follow the ABCs of safe sleep to keep your baby safe during every sleep. Share these safety tips with everyone who cares for your baby.


PDP

PDPs (plural)
P.D.P. (alternative)
P. D. P. (alternative)
PdP (alternative France)

probabilité de précipitations
probabilité de précipitations#French

(Canada, meteorology) POP (probability of precipitation) abbreviation of probabilité de précipitations


ouananiche

desc

→ English: wananish, ouananiche, winninish, winnonish


poutinerie

English: poutinerie


CAQ

Coalition Avenir Québec
w:fr:Coalition Avenir Québec

(Canada, politics) acronym of Coalition Avenir Québec (Coalition pour l'avenir du Québec)


partitionniste

fr-noun

partitionniste m (plural partitionnistes)

partitionnistes (plural)
partitioniste (alternative)

(Canada, politics) partitionist (a political partisan who favours the partition of the province of Quebec with the western, southern portions and Montreal forming a separate province or country from the rest of Quebec)


téléavertisseur

téléavertisseur m (plural téléavertisseurs)


Maj.

(Canada, military, chiefly as a prenominal title) Maj.: abbreviation of major


PPC

Parti Populaire du Canada
Parti Populaire du Canada#French

(Canada, politics) PPC (“People's Party of Canada”): initialism of Parti Populaire du Canada


allosexuel

fr-adj

allosexuel (feminine allosexuelle, masculine plural allosexuels, feminine plural allosexuelles)

allosexuelle (feminine)
allosexuels (masculine plural)
allosexuelles (feminine plural)

(chiefly Canada, LGBTQ) allosexual (LGBT, trans or non-heterosexual)


rapailler

rapailler (infinitive)
avoir + past participle (infinitive multiword-construction)
rapaillant (gerund participle present)
rapaillant (gerund participle present)
ayant + past participle (gerund multiword-construction participle present)
rapaillé (participle past)
rapaillé (participle past)
rapaille (first-person indicative present singular)
rapaille (first-person indicative present singular)
rapailles (indicative present second-person singular)
rapailles (indicative present second-person singular)
rapaille (indicative present singular third-person)
rapaille (indicative present singular third-person)
rapaillons (first-person indicative plural present)
rapaillons (first-person indicative plural present)
rapaillez (indicative plural present second-person)
rapaillez (indicative plural present second-person)
rapaillent (indicative plural present third-person)
rapaillent (indicative plural present third-person)
rapaillais (first-person imperfect indicative singular)
rapaillais (first-person imperfect indicative singular)
rapaillais (imperfect indicative second-person singular)
rapaillais (imperfect indicative second-person singular)
rapaillait (imperfect indicative singular third-person)
rapaillait (imperfect indicative singular third-person)
rapaillions (first-person imperfect indicative plural)
rapaillions (first-person imperfect indicative plural)
rapailliez (imperfect indicative plural second-person)
rapailliez (imperfect indicative plural second-person)
rapaillaient (imperfect indicative plural third-person)
rapaillaient (imperfect indicative plural third-person)
rapaillai (first-person historic indicative past singular)
rapaillai (first-person historic indicative past singular)
rapaillas (historic indicative past second-person singular)
rapaillas (historic indicative past second-person singular)
rapailla (historic indicative past singular third-person)
rapailla (historic indicative past singular third-person)
rapaillâmes (first-person historic indicative past plural)
rapaillâmes (first-person historic indicative past plural)
rapaillâtes (historic indicative past plural second-person)
rapaillâtes (historic indicative past plural second-person)
rapaillèrent (historic indicative past plural third-person)
rapaillèrent (historic indicative past plural third-person)
rapaillerai (first-person future indicative singular)
rapaillerai (first-person future indicative singular)
rapailleras (future indicative second-person singular)
rapailleras (future indicative second-person singular)
rapaillera (future indicative singular third-person)
rapaillera (future indicative singular third-person)
rapaillerons (first-person future indicative plural)
rapaillerons (first-person future indicative plural)
rapaillerez (future indicative plural second-person)
rapaillerez (future indicative plural second-person)
rapailleront (future indicative plural third-person)
rapailleront (future indicative plural third-person)
rapaillerais (conditional first-person singular)
rapaillerais (conditional first-person singular)
rapaillerais (conditional second-person singular)
rapaillerais (conditional second-person singular)
rapaillerait (conditional singular third-person)
rapaillerait (conditional singular third-person)
rapaillerions (conditional first-person plural)
rapaillerions (conditional first-person plural)
rapailleriez (conditional plural second-person)
rapailleriez (conditional plural second-person)
rapailleraient (conditional plural third-person)
rapailleraient (conditional plural third-person)
future of avoir + past participle (future indicative multiword-construction perfect)
conditional of avoir + past participle (conditional multiword-construction perfect)
rapaille (first-person present singular subjunctive)
rapaille (first-person present singular subjunctive)
rapailles (present second-person singular subjunctive)
rapailles (present second-person singular subjunctive)
rapaille (present singular subjunctive third-person)
rapaille (present singular subjunctive third-person)
rapaillions (first-person plural present subjunctive)
rapaillions (first-person plural present subjunctive)
rapailliez (plural present second-person subjunctive)
rapailliez (plural present second-person subjunctive)
rapaillent (plural present subjunctive third-person)
rapaillent (plural present subjunctive third-person)
rapaillasse (first-person imperfect singular subjunctive)
rapaillasse (first-person imperfect singular subjunctive)
rapaillasses (imperfect second-person singular subjunctive)
rapaillasses (imperfect second-person singular subjunctive)
rapaillât (imperfect singular subjunctive third-person)
rapaillât (imperfect singular subjunctive third-person)
rapaillassions (first-person imperfect plural subjunctive)
rapaillassions (first-person imperfect plural subjunctive)
rapaillassiez (imperfect plural second-person subjunctive)
rapaillassiez (imperfect plural second-person subjunctive)
rapaillassent (imperfect plural subjunctive third-person)
rapaillassent (imperfect plural subjunctive third-person)
rapaille (imperative second-person singular)
rapaille (imperative second-person singular)
rapaillons (first-person imperative plural)
rapaillons (first-person imperative plural)
rapaillez (imperative plural second-person)
rapaillez (imperative plural second-person)

(Canada) to pick up, gather or collect things


achigan

Clipping of malachigan, from Ojibwe maanashigan.


attriquer

attriquer (infinitive)
avoir + past participle (infinitive multiword-construction)
attriquant (gerund participle present)
ayant + past participle (gerund multiword-construction participle present)
attriqué (participle past)
attrique (first-person indicative present singular)
attriques (indicative present second-person singular)
attrique (indicative present singular third-person)
attriquons (first-person indicative plural present)
attriquez (indicative plural present second-person)
attriquent (indicative plural present third-person)
attriquais (first-person imperfect indicative singular)
attriquais (imperfect indicative second-person singular)
attriquait (imperfect indicative singular third-person)
attriquions (first-person imperfect indicative plural)
attriquiez (imperfect indicative plural second-person)
attriquaient (imperfect indicative plural third-person)
attriquai (first-person historic indicative past singular)
attriquas (historic indicative past second-person singular)
attriqua (historic indicative past singular third-person)
attriquâmes (first-person historic indicative past plural)
attriquâtes (historic indicative past plural second-person)
attriquèrent (historic indicative past plural third-person)
attriquerai (first-person future indicative singular)
attriqueras (future indicative second-person singular)
attriquera (future indicative singular third-person)
attriquerons (first-person future indicative plural)
attriquerez (future indicative plural second-person)
attriqueront (future indicative plural third-person)
attriquerais (conditional first-person singular)
attriquerais (conditional second-person singular)
attriquerait (conditional singular third-person)
attriquerions (conditional first-person plural)
attriqueriez (conditional plural second-person)
attriqueraient (conditional plural third-person)
future of avoir + past participle (future indicative multiword-construction perfect)
conditional of avoir + past participle (conditional multiword-construction perfect)
attrique (first-person present singular subjunctive)
attriques (present second-person singular subjunctive)
attrique (present singular subjunctive third-person)
attriquions (first-person plural present subjunctive)
attriquiez (plural present second-person subjunctive)
attriquent (plural present subjunctive third-person)
attriquasse (first-person imperfect singular subjunctive)
attriquasses (imperfect second-person singular subjunctive)
attriquât (imperfect singular subjunctive third-person)
attriquassions (first-person imperfect plural subjunctive)
attriquassiez (imperfect plural second-person subjunctive)
attriquassent (imperfect plural subjunctive third-person)
attrique (imperative second-person singular)
attriquons (first-person imperative plural)
attriquez (imperative plural second-person)

From Old French atriquer, from Latin intrīcō (“I entangle”). Doublet of intriquer, a learned borrowing.

Il est attriqué comme la chienne à Jacques


aubain

Uncertain. The TLF suggests a derivation from Frankish *alibanni (“a person belonging to another ban”). Another possible source is Latin *alibanus (“person from elsewhere”), from alibi (“elsewhere”).

der

a person belonging to another <i class="Latn mention" lang="fr">ban</i>


langagier

fr-noun

langagier m (plural langagiers, feminine langagière)

langagiers (plural)
langagière (feminine)


puîné

fr-adj

puîné (feminine puînée, masculine plural puînés, feminine plural puînées)

puînée (feminine)
puînés (masculine plural)
puînées (feminine plural)
puiné (alternative)

Inherited from Middle French puisné (literally “born after”), from puis né.


podorythmie

(Canada) the tapping of one's feet in time to music


chicoutai

chicoutais (plural)
chicouté (alternative)


Patriote

(Canada) Patriote (Lower Canada Rebellion)

(Canada) Patriot (Upper Canada Rebellion)


CRTC

w:fr:Conseil de la radiodiffusion et des télécommunications canadiennes

(Canada) initialism of Conseil de la radiodiffusion et des télécommunications canadiennes (“Canada Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission”): CRTC


Robichaud

→ English: Robichaud


TVQ

(Canada, taxation) QST (“Quebec sales tax”) initialism of taxe de vente du Québec


zire

(Canada, Louisiana, Cajun) horror, disgust


(Canada, US, telephony) alternative form of 411


yanké

fr-noun

yanké m (plural yankés, feminine yankée)

(Canada, uncommon or obsolete) Yankee (American)


(Canada, US, telephony) alternative form of 311


attentat à la pudeur

attentat à la pudeur m (plural attentats à la pudeur)

LL-Q150 (fra)-Mecanautes-attentat à la pudeur.wav

Literally, “assault on modesty/decency”.

(law, Canada, historical) indecent assault


cenne

Respelling of cent to reflect colloquial pronunciation.

(money, Canada, colloquial) cent (one-hundredth of a dollar)


Nuit des Longs Couteaux

Calque of German Nacht der langen Messer.

cal

Night of the Long Knives
Night of the Long Knives

(Canada, politics, historical) The Night of the Long Knives, the night of November 4, 1981, in which the federal and nine provincial governments, in the absence of Quebec, reached the Kitchen Accord for the patriation of the Canadian Constitution


louisianisation

fr-noun

louisianisation f (plural louisianisations)

2013 September 7, Louis Cornellier, “Les Québécois sont-ils condamnés à la servitude ?”, Le Devoir.com

The Payettes, in this sense, are not hesitant to bring up an eventual "Louisianization" of Quebec.

Les Payette, en ce sens, n’hésitent pas à évoquer une éventuelle louisianisation du Québec.

(Canada) the act or process of assimilation into the dominant language of the country to the detriment of the main historical language of a region, as happened historically in Louisiana


louisianiser

louisianiser (infinitive)
avoir + past participle (infinitive multiword-construction)
louisianisant (gerund participle present)
ayant + past participle (gerund multiword-construction participle present)
louisianisé (participle past)
louisianise (first-person indicative present singular)
louisianises (indicative present second-person singular)
louisianise (indicative present singular third-person)
louisianisons (first-person indicative plural present)
louisianisez (indicative plural present second-person)
louisianisent (indicative plural present third-person)
louisianisais (first-person imperfect indicative singular)
louisianisais (imperfect indicative second-person singular)
louisianisait (imperfect indicative singular third-person)
louisianisions (first-person imperfect indicative plural)
louisianisiez (imperfect indicative plural second-person)
louisianisaient (imperfect indicative plural third-person)
louisianisai (first-person historic indicative past singular)
louisianisas (historic indicative past second-person singular)
louisianisa (historic indicative past singular third-person)
louisianisâmes (first-person historic indicative past plural)
louisianisâtes (historic indicative past plural second-person)
louisianisèrent (historic indicative past plural third-person)
louisianiserai (first-person future indicative singular)
louisianiseras (future indicative second-person singular)
louisianisera (future indicative singular third-person)
louisianiserons (first-person future indicative plural)
louisianiserez (future indicative plural second-person)
louisianiseront (future indicative plural third-person)
louisianiserais (conditional first-person singular)
louisianiserais (conditional second-person singular)
louisianiserait (conditional singular third-person)
louisianiserions (conditional first-person plural)
louisianiseriez (conditional plural second-person)
louisianiseraient (conditional plural third-person)
future of avoir + past participle (future indicative multiword-construction perfect)
conditional of avoir + past participle (conditional multiword-construction perfect)
louisianise (first-person present singular subjunctive)
louisianises (present second-person singular subjunctive)
louisianise (present singular subjunctive third-person)
louisianisions (first-person plural present subjunctive)
louisianisiez (plural present second-person subjunctive)
louisianisent (plural present subjunctive third-person)
louisianisasse (first-person imperfect singular subjunctive)
louisianisasses (imperfect second-person singular subjunctive)
louisianisât (imperfect singular subjunctive third-person)
louisianisassions (first-person imperfect plural subjunctive)
louisianisassiez (imperfect plural second-person subjunctive)
louisianisassent (imperfect plural subjunctive third-person)
louisianise (imperative second-person singular)
louisianisons (first-person imperative plural)
louisianisez (imperative plural second-person)

(Canada, transitive) to make Louisianan, as to custom, culture, or style of Louisiana

(Canada, reflexive) to assimilate into the dominant language of the country


sacrer comme un bûcheron

Literally, “to swear like a lumberjack”.

Je sacre comme un bûcheron et engueule Guillaume, brisant ainsi une magie qui était sur le point de naître.

2009, Martin Dubé, Une plusun égale trois, →ISBN, page 59:

swear like a trooper
swear like a trooper

(Canada, simile) to swear like a trooper, to swear like a sailor


all dressed

(Canada, of pizza) deluxe, with pepperoni, mushrooms and green peppers: toute garnie


lecteur de nouvelles

lecteur de nouvelles m (plural lecteurs de nouvelles, feminine lectrice de nouvelles)

lecteurs de nouvelles (plural)
lectrice de nouvelles (feminine)


à tantôt

(Belgium, Canada, informal) see you later (on the same day)


Cantons-de-l'Est

les Cantons-de-l'Est (canonical masculine plural)
Cantons de l'Est (alternative)
Cantons-de-l'est (alternative)
Cantons de l'est (alternative)

From canton (“political territorial subdivision”) + est.
Calque of English Eastern Townships.
From English eastern + township.
From being Loyalist townships set up to the east of Montreal, in the British North America colony, the Province of Quebec, to handle refugees from Revolutionary persecution and expulsion resulting from the Continentals' revolt during the American War of Independence.

af

The Eastern Townships
Eastern Townships#English

(Canada) The Eastern Townships (“Estrie”)


bagosse

(Canada) moonshine; illicitly brewed alcoholic drink


atoca

LL-Q150 (fra)-Mathieu Denel WMFr-atoca.wav

Derived from the Iroquoian word for the fruit.


goberge

(Canada) saithe; coalfish; coley; pollock


metteure en scène

fr-noun

metteure en scène f (plural metteures en scène, masculine metteur en scène)

metteures en scène (plural)
metteur en scène (masculine)

De 1975 à 1991, j'ai mené la vie errante et passionnante de metteure en scène indépendante.

2013, Josette Féral, Mise en scène et jeu de l'acteur: Entretiens Tome 3 - Voix de femmes, Québec Amerique, →ISBN:

metteuse en scène
metteuse en scène#French


LACC

(Canada, law, finance) CCAA (“Companies' Creditors Arrangement Act”) abbreviation of la Loi sur les arrangements avec les créanciers des compagnies


chnoute

(Canada) crap, shit (something worthless)


sans-dessein

sans-dessein m or f by sense (plural sans-desseins)

À moins qu'un sans-dessein sur Twitter aille dire que le gouvernement fait de la bonne ouvrage.

Unless an idiot on Twitter is going to say that the government did a good job.

(Canada) a person who is stupid, clumsy, or literally cannot plan ahead


draveur

draveur m (plural draveurs, feminine draveuse)

Et sachant qu'au soir ils s'amèneront veiller
Je songe à la valse de mon maître draveur

1981, “Canada vignettes : la valse du maître draveur [Canada Vignettes: Log Driver's Waltz]”, Philippe Tatartcheff (lyrics), Wade Hemsworth (music)performed by Kate and Anna McGarrigle and the Mountain City Four, Office national du film du Canada, →OCLC:

And knowing that in the evening they'll go out on the town
I think of the waltz of my master log driver


échevine

échevine f (plural échevines, masculine échevin)

(Belgium, Luxembourg, Canada) alderwoman, municipal councillor


avant-midi

avant-midi m or f (plural avant-midi or avant-midis)

avant-midi (plural)
avant-midis (plural)

(Canada, Belgium) morning (time from sunrise to noon)


CCNI

Comité consultatif national de l'immunisation#French

(Canada, medicine) NACI (“National Advisory Committee on Immunization”): abbreviation of Comité consultatif national de l'immunisation


metteure

metteure en scène
metteure en scène#French

(Canada) only used in metteure en scène (“female film director”)


iron ring

anneau de fer martelé
anneau de fer martelé#French

(Canada, engineering) iron ring; synonym of anneau de fer martelé


(Canada, US, telephony) alternative form of 811


fr-proper noun

Journée nationale de la vérité et de la réconciliation f

From the Commission de vérité et réconciliation du Canada.

(Canada, holidays) 30th of September; the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation, a Canadian national statutory holiday first observed in 2021

fr:Commission de vérité et réconciliation du Canada

fr:Journée nationale de la vérité et de la réconciliation

Jour du chandail orange

a coincident observance in Canada, predating the Journée nationale de la vérité et de la réconciliation, first observed in 2013


Journée du t-shirt orange

Calque of English Orange Shirt Day. From the colour of the shirt worn by a survivor of the residential school system, that was forcibly removed by Christian missionaries attempting to assimilate her into the culture of Canada's settlers, and away from her Indigenous culture. From those observing the day, who wear orange T-shirts.

Journée du chandail orange (alternative)

(Canada, politics, memorials) September 30th; Orange Shirt Day; a Canadian national observance first observed in 2013

a coincident Canadian national holiday first observed in 2021


Journée du chandail orange

Calque of English Orange Shirt Day. From the colour of the shirt worn by a survivor of the residential school system, that was forcibly removed by Christian missionaries attempting to assimilate her into the culture of Canada's settlers, and away from her Indigenous culture.


rabiole

From a diminutive of Latin rāpum (“turnip”).


all-dressed

Unadapted borrowing from English all-dressed. From French toute garnie

unadapted borrowing

(Canada, cooking) all-dressed; synonym of toute garnie


avant-midis

(Canada, Belgium) (post-1990) plural of avant-midi


UES

(law enforcement, Canada) initialism of unité des enquêtes spéciales (“Special Investigations Unit, SIU”)


DcamC

dessin de camouflage canadien
dessin de camouflage canadien#French

(Canada, military) CADPAT (“Canadian disruption pattern”): abbreviation of dessin de camouflage canadien


SCRS

w:fr:Service canadien du renseignement de sécurité

(Canada) initialism of Service canadien du renseignement de sécurité (“Canadian Security and Intelligence Service”): CSIS


SCFP

w:fr:Syndicat canadien de la fonction publique

(Canada) initialism of Syndicat canadien de la fonction publique (“Canadian Union of Public Employees”): CUPE


INCA

w:fr:Institut national canadien pour les aveugles

(Canada) acronym of Institut national canadien pour les aveugles (“Canadian National Institute for the Blind”): CNIB


CELI

compte d'épargne
compte d'épargne#French

(Canada) initialism of compte d'épargne libre d'impôt (“tax-free savings account”): TFSA


REEE

(Canada) initialism of régime enregistrée d'épargne-études (“registered education savings plan”): RESP


SCHL

w:fr:Société canadienne d'hypothèques et de logement

(Canada) initialism of Société canadienne d'hypothèques et de logement (“Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation”): CMHC


numéro d'assurance sociale

fr-noun

numéro d'assurance sociale m (plural numéros d'assurance sociale)

numéros d'assurance sociale (plural)
NAS (alternative)

social insurance number
social insurance number


DRHC

w:fr:Développement des ressources humaines Canada

(Canada) initialism of Développement des ressources humaines Canada (“Human Resources Development Canada”): HRDC


EDSC

w:fr:Emploi et Développement social Canada

(Canada) initialism of Emploi et Développement social Canada (“Employment and Social Development Canada”): ESDC


IRCC

w:fr:Immigration, Réfugiés et Citoyenneté Canada

(Canada) initialism of Immigration, Réfugiés et Citoyenneté Canada (“Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada”): IRCC


TUAC

w:fr:Travailleurs unis de l'alimentation et du commerce

(Canada) acronym of Travailleurs unis de l'alimentation et du commerce (“United Food and Commercial Workers”): UFCW


FEESO

w:fr:Fédération des enseignantes-enseignants des écoles secondaires de l'Ontario

(Canada) acronym of Fédération des enseignantes-enseignants des écoles secondaires de l'Ontario (“Ontario Secondary School Teachers Federation”): OSSTF


STTP

w:fr:Syndicat des travailleurs et travailleuses des postes

(Canada) initialism of Syndicat des travailleurs et travailleuses des postes (“Canadian Union of Postal Workers”): CUPW


trente sous

At the beginning of the English, then British colonization of the Canadian part of North America, Francophone Lower Canada moved from French currency to English currency gradually. One quarter of a dollar was worth thirty French sous, and 120 sous made a dollar.

As-tu un trente sous, pour faire pile ou face?

(Canada) quarter (coin worth twenty-five cents)


mets-en

(Canada) Expresses support, agreement, certainty or emphasis.


téléprojecteur

téléprojecteur m (plural téléprojecteurs)


conjoint de fait

conjoint de fait m (plural conjoints de fait, feminine conjointe de fait)

conjoints de fait (plural)
conjointe de fait (feminine)

(Canada, law, usually in the plural) common law spouse


pleumer

pleumer (infinitive)
avoir + past participle (infinitive multiword-construction)
pleumant (gerund participle present)
ayant + past participle (gerund multiword-construction participle present)
pleumé (participle past)
pleume (first-person indicative present singular)
pleumes (indicative present second-person singular)
pleume (indicative present singular third-person)
pleumons (first-person indicative plural present)
pleumez (indicative plural present second-person)
pleument (indicative plural present third-person)
pleumais (first-person imperfect indicative singular)
pleumais (imperfect indicative second-person singular)
pleumait (imperfect indicative singular third-person)
pleumions (first-person imperfect indicative plural)
pleumiez (imperfect indicative plural second-person)
pleumaient (imperfect indicative plural third-person)
pleumai (first-person historic indicative past singular)
pleumas (historic indicative past second-person singular)
pleuma (historic indicative past singular third-person)
pleumâmes (first-person historic indicative past plural)
pleumâtes (historic indicative past plural second-person)
pleumèrent (historic indicative past plural third-person)
pleumerai (first-person future indicative singular)
pleumeras (future indicative second-person singular)
pleumera (future indicative singular third-person)
pleumerons (first-person future indicative plural)
pleumerez (future indicative plural second-person)
pleumeront (future indicative plural third-person)
pleumerais (conditional first-person singular)
pleumerais (conditional second-person singular)
pleumerait (conditional singular third-person)
pleumerions (conditional first-person plural)
pleumeriez (conditional plural second-person)
pleumeraient (conditional plural third-person)
future of avoir + past participle (future indicative multiword-construction perfect)
conditional of avoir + past participle (conditional multiword-construction perfect)
pleume (first-person present singular subjunctive)
pleumes (present second-person singular subjunctive)
pleume (present singular subjunctive third-person)
pleumions (first-person plural present subjunctive)
pleumiez (plural present second-person subjunctive)
pleument (plural present subjunctive third-person)
pleumasse (first-person imperfect singular subjunctive)
pleumasses (imperfect second-person singular subjunctive)
pleumât (imperfect singular subjunctive third-person)
pleumassions (first-person imperfect plural subjunctive)
pleumassiez (imperfect plural second-person subjunctive)
pleumassent (imperfect plural subjunctive third-person)
pleume (imperative second-person singular)
pleumons (first-person imperative plural)
pleumez (imperative plural second-person)

(Canada) alternative form of plumer (“desquamate”)


chaîne de trottoir

chaîne de trottoir f (plural chaînes de trottoir)


instavidéaste

instavidéaste m or f (plural instavidéastes)

Harmony Korine a récemment déclaré qu’IShowSpeed, un instavidéaste (streamer) américain de 19 ans, était le nouveau Andreï Tarkovski.

2025 January 5, Daphnée B., “Culture web: Cinq tendances sociales à suivre en 2025”, in La Presse:

Harmony Korine recently declared that IShowSpeed, a 19-year-old American streamer, was the new Andrei Tarkovsky.


s'enfarger dans les fleurs du tapis

Je suis sans cesse fasciné par la capacité de certains membres de l’électorat Américain à s’enfarger dans les fleurs du tapis et voter avec enthousiasme directement à l’encontre de leurs propres intérêts.

2025 April 16, FoneTap, “Pour les gens qui disent qu'il faut un gouvernement libéral majoritaire contre Trump...”, in reddit.com/r/Quebec:

I'm endlessly fascinated by the ability of certain members of the American electorate to get bogged down in the details and enthusiastically vote directly against their own interests.

(Canada) (figurative) To get bogged down in the details