"casse-pipe" meaning in French

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Noun

IPA: /kas.pip/ Audio: LL-Q150 (fra)-LoquaxFR-casse-pipe.wav Forms: casse-pipes [plural]
Head templates: {{fr-noun|m}} casse-pipe m (plural casse-pipes)
  1. a difficult, risky or life-threatening situation Tags: masculine
    Sense id: en-casse-pipe-fr-noun-DNbc5XyY Categories (other): French entries with incorrect language header, French verb-noun compounds, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of French entries with incorrect language header: 82 10 8 Disambiguation of French verb-noun compounds: 60 19 21 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 87 6 7 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 89 5 6
  2. (by extension, military) a dangerous mission or battle; a war Tags: broadly, masculine
    Sense id: en-casse-pipe-fr-noun-PxvLh4x4 Categories (other): Military Topics: government, military, politics, war
  3. (figuratively) disaster Tags: figuratively, masculine
    Sense id: en-casse-pipe-fr-noun-avMI1a1w
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: casser sa pipe, casse-gueule

Inflected forms

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