"pitre" meaning in French

See pitre in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /pitʁ/ Audio: Fr-Paris--pitre.ogg , LL-Q150 (fra)-DSwissK-pitre.wav Forms: pitres [plural]
Etymology: See Pierrot Head templates: {{fr-noun|m}} pitre m (plural pitres)
  1. clown, buffoon Tags: masculine Categories (topical): Circus Derived forms: faire le pitre, pitrerie
    Sense id: en-pitre-fr-noun-73xh01~R Categories (other): French entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries

Inflected forms

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  "etymology_text": "See Pierrot",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "pitres",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "m"
      },
      "expansion": "pitre m (plural pitres)",
      "name": "fr-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "French",
  "lang_code": "fr",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "French entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "fr",
          "name": "Circus",
          "orig": "fr:Circus",
          "parents": [
            "Entertainment",
            "Theater",
            "Culture",
            "Art",
            "Society",
            "All topics",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "derived": [
        {
          "word": "faire le pitre"
        },
        {
          "word": "pitrerie"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "clown, buffoon"
      ],
      "id": "en-pitre-fr-noun-73xh01~R",
      "links": [
        [
          "clown",
          "clown"
        ],
        [
          "buffoon",
          "buffoon"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/pitʁ/"
    },
    {
      "audio": "Fr-Paris--pitre.ogg",
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    },
    {
      "audio": "LL-Q150 (fra)-DSwissK-pitre.wav",
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    }
  ],
  "word": "pitre"
}
{
  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "faire le pitre"
    },
    {
      "word": "pitrerie"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "See Pierrot",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "pitres",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "m"
      },
      "expansion": "pitre m (plural pitres)",
      "name": "fr-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "French",
  "lang_code": "fr",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "French 1-syllable words",
        "French countable nouns",
        "French entries with incorrect language header",
        "French lemmas",
        "French masculine nouns",
        "French nouns",
        "French terms with IPA pronunciation",
        "Pages with 1 entry",
        "Pages with entries",
        "fr:Circus"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "clown, buffoon"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "clown",
          "clown"
        ],
        [
          "buffoon",
          "buffoon"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/pitʁ/"
    },
    {
      "audio": "Fr-Paris--pitre.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/7/7c/Fr-Paris--pitre.ogg/Fr-Paris--pitre.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/7c/Fr-Paris--pitre.ogg"
    },
    {
      "audio": "LL-Q150 (fra)-DSwissK-pitre.wav",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/a/a9/LL-Q150_%28fra%29-DSwissK-pitre.wav/LL-Q150_%28fra%29-DSwissK-pitre.wav.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/a/a9/LL-Q150_%28fra%29-DSwissK-pitre.wav/LL-Q150_%28fra%29-DSwissK-pitre.wav.ogg"
    }
  ],
  "word": "pitre"
}

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