"snob" meaning in French

See snob in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

IPA: /snɔb/ Audio: LL-Q150 (fra)-LoquaxFR-snob.wav [France, Vosges] Forms: snobs [plural]
Etymology: Borrowed from English snob. Etymology templates: {{ety|fr|:bor|en:snob}} [Appendix:Glossary#loanword|Borrowed]] from", "terms" : [ { "children" : [ ], "lang_name" : "English", "term" : "snob", "status" : "missing", "lang" : "en" } ], "keyword" : "bor" } ], "lang_name" : "French", "term" : "snob", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "fr" }" data-lang="fr" data-title="snob">, {{bor+|fr|en|snob}} Borrowed from English snob Head templates: {{fr-adj|mf}} snob (plural snobs)
  1. snobbish, snobby
    Sense id: en-snob-fr-adj-4zVGu5sk Categories (other): French entries referencing missing etymons, French entries with etymon, French entries with incorrect language header, Pages using etymon with no ID, Pages with etymon, Personality Disambiguation of French entries referencing missing etymons: 94 6 Disambiguation of French entries with etymon: 92 8 Disambiguation of French entries with incorrect language header: 95 5 Disambiguation of Pages using etymon with no ID: 93 7 Disambiguation of Pages with etymon: 97 3 Disambiguation of Personality: 100 0

Noun

IPA: /snɔb/ Audio: LL-Q150 (fra)-LoquaxFR-snob.wav [France, Vosges] Forms: snobs [plural]
Etymology: Borrowed from English snob. Etymology templates: {{ety|fr|:bor|en:snob}} [Appendix:Glossary#loanword|Borrowed]] from", "terms" : [ { "children" : [ ], "lang_name" : "English", "term" : "snob", "status" : "missing", "lang" : "en" } ], "keyword" : "bor" } ], "lang_name" : "French", "term" : "snob", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "fr" }" data-lang="fr" data-title="snob">, {{bor+|fr|en|snob}} Borrowed from English snob Head templates: {{fr-noun|mfbysense}} snob m or f by sense (plural snobs)
  1. snob Tags: by-personal-gender, feminine, masculine Derived forms: snober, snobinard, snobisme, snobissime
    Sense id: en-snob-fr-noun-46HWp14g Categories (other): French masculine and feminine nouns by sense Disambiguation of French masculine and feminine nouns by sense: 5 95

Inflected forms

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