"schlass" meaning in French

See schlass in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

IPA: /ʃlas/, /ʃlɑs/ Forms: schlasse [feminine], schlass [feminine], schlass [masculine, plural], schlasses [feminine, plural], schlass [feminine, plural], chlass [alternative], chlasse [alternative]
Etymology: Borrowed from Alemannic German schlass (“soft”, especially of melting snow; also “languid, weak”). Futher origin unknown. Perhaps distantly related with English sleep and slack. The word is attested in Switzerland and may have been borrowed there. Whether it is also native in Alsace seems unclear; it is at any rate not in the Wörterbuch der elsässischen Mundarten. Etymology templates: {{bor+|fr|gsw|schlass|t=soft”, especially of melting snow; also “languid, weak}} Borrowed from Alemannic German schlass (“soft”, especially of melting snow; also “languid, weak”), {{unknown|fr|nocap=1}} unknown, {{m+|en|sleep}} English sleep Head templates: {{fr-adj|f=schlasse|f2=schlass}} schlass (feminine schlasse or schlass, masculine plural schlass, feminine plural schlasses or schlass)
  1. (colloquial) very drunk Tags: colloquial Synonyms: ivre, saoul, imbibé, aviné
    Sense id: en-schlass-fr-adj-Vnc1dxuZ
  2. (colloquial) exhausted, very tired Tags: colloquial Synonyms: crevé, fourbu, épuisé, claqué
    Sense id: en-schlass-fr-adj-M7A6AOJY Categories (other): French entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of French entries with incorrect language header: 15 65 20 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 0 72 28 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 0 87 13
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Noun

IPA: /ʃlas/, /ʃlɑs/ Forms: chlass [alternative], chlasse [alternative]
Etymology: Borrowed from English slash. Etymology templates: {{bor+|fr|en|slash}} Borrowed from English slash Head templates: {{fr-noun|m}} schlass m (invariable)
  1. (slang) knife Tags: invariable, masculine, slang Synonyms: couteau
    Sense id: en-schlass-fr-noun-PU0QHNfq
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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