"saugrenu" meaning in French

See saugrenu in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

IPA: /so.ɡʁə.ny/ Audio: LL-Q150 (fra)-VictorDtmtc-saugrenu.wav Forms: saugrenue [feminine], saugrenus [masculine, plural], saugrenues [feminine, plural]
Etymology: Alteration of obsolete saugreneux (from sel + grain + -eux) after grenu (“granular”). Head templates: {{fr-adj}} saugrenu (feminine saugrenue, masculine plural saugrenus, feminine plural saugrenues)
  1. absurd, ridiculous, preposterous Synonyms: absurde, fantaisiste, ubuesque, farfelu Derived forms: saugrenuité
    Sense id: en-saugrenu-fr-adj--kLH~nHw Categories (other): French entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries

Inflected forms

{
  "etymology_text": "Alteration of obsolete saugreneux (from sel + grain + -eux) after grenu (“granular”).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "saugrenue",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "saugrenus",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "saugrenues",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "saugrenu (feminine saugrenue, masculine plural saugrenus, feminine plural saugrenues)",
      "name": "fr-adj"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "French",
  "lang_code": "fr",
  "pos": "adj",
  "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"
        }
      ],
      "derived": [
        {
          "word": "saugrenuité"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "It was during one of the village dances – dances with ridiculous names that took place in the village hall several times a year: \"tartiflette and 80's night\", \"cassoulet and Johnny Hallyday lookalike night\".",
          "ref": "2014, Édouard Louis, En finir avec Eddy Bellegueule [The End of Eddy], Le Seuil:",
          "text": "C’était lors d’un des bals du village — des bals aux noms saugrenus qui avaient lieu dans la salle des fêtes plusieurs fois par an « Soirée tartiflette et années quatre-vingt », « Soirée cassoulet et sosies de Johnny ».",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "absurd, ridiculous, preposterous"
      ],
      "id": "en-saugrenu-fr-adj--kLH~nHw",
      "links": [
        [
          "absurd",
          "absurd"
        ],
        [
          "ridiculous",
          "ridiculous"
        ],
        [
          "preposterous",
          "preposterous"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "absurde"
        },
        {
          "word": "fantaisiste"
        },
        {
          "word": "ubuesque"
        },
        {
          "word": "farfelu"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/so.ɡʁə.ny/"
    },
    {
      "audio": "LL-Q150 (fra)-VictorDtmtc-saugrenu.wav",
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    }
  ],
  "word": "saugrenu"
}
{
  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "saugrenuité"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Alteration of obsolete saugreneux (from sel + grain + -eux) after grenu (“granular”).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "saugrenue",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "saugrenus",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "saugrenues",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "saugrenu (feminine saugrenue, masculine plural saugrenus, feminine plural saugrenues)",
      "name": "fr-adj"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "French",
  "lang_code": "fr",
  "pos": "adj",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "French 3-syllable words",
        "French adjectives",
        "French entries with incorrect language header",
        "French lemmas",
        "French terms with IPA pronunciation",
        "French terms with quotations",
        "Pages with 1 entry",
        "Pages with entries"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "It was during one of the village dances – dances with ridiculous names that took place in the village hall several times a year: \"tartiflette and 80's night\", \"cassoulet and Johnny Hallyday lookalike night\".",
          "ref": "2014, Édouard Louis, En finir avec Eddy Bellegueule [The End of Eddy], Le Seuil:",
          "text": "C’était lors d’un des bals du village — des bals aux noms saugrenus qui avaient lieu dans la salle des fêtes plusieurs fois par an « Soirée tartiflette et années quatre-vingt », « Soirée cassoulet et sosies de Johnny ».",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "absurd, ridiculous, preposterous"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "absurd",
          "absurd"
        ],
        [
          "ridiculous",
          "ridiculous"
        ],
        [
          "preposterous",
          "preposterous"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "absurde"
        },
        {
          "word": "fantaisiste"
        },
        {
          "word": "ubuesque"
        },
        {
          "word": "farfelu"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/so.ɡʁə.ny/"
    },
    {
      "audio": "LL-Q150 (fra)-VictorDtmtc-saugrenu.wav",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/d/d8/LL-Q150_%28fra%29-VictorDtmtc-saugrenu.wav/LL-Q150_%28fra%29-VictorDtmtc-saugrenu.wav.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/d/d8/LL-Q150_%28fra%29-VictorDtmtc-saugrenu.wav/LL-Q150_%28fra%29-VictorDtmtc-saugrenu.wav.ogg"
    }
  ],
  "word": "saugrenu"
}

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