"snafu" meaning in Anglais

See snafu in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: \snæ.ˈfuː\, \ˈsnæf.uː\, \snæ.ˈfuː\, \ˈsnæf.uː\, ˈsnæf.uː Audio: En-uk-snafu.ogg
  1. Cafouillage, pagaille, situation devenue chaotique. Tags: familiar
    Sense id: fr-snafu-en-noun-ozJJX0x2 Categories (other): Exemples en anglais, Lexique en anglais du militaire, Termes familiers en anglais Topics: military
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated

Inflected forms

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    {
      "kind": "other",
      "name": "Dates manquantes en anglais",
      "parents": [],
      "source": "w"
    },
    {
      "kind": "other",
      "name": "Lemmes en anglais",
      "parents": [],
      "source": "w"
    },
    {
      "kind": "other",
      "name": "Noms communs en anglais",
      "parents": [],
      "source": "w"
    },
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      "kind": "other",
      "name": "Anglais",
      "orig": "anglais",
      "parents": [],
      "source": "w"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_texts": [
    "(Date à préciser) Acronyme : Situation Normal All Fucked Up. Terme popularisé durant la seconde guerre mondiale par le film Private Snafu."
  ],
  "lang": "Anglais",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "pos_title": "Nom commun",
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    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Exemples en anglais",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Lexique en anglais du militaire",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Termes familiers en anglais",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "Alice Kaplan, French Lessons. A Memoir, The University of Chicago Press, 1993, p. 28",
          "text": "Preparations for the most important trial since the trial of Jesus Christ were a snafu.",
          "translation": "Les préparatifs pour le plus important procès depuis le procès de Jésus-Christ étaient une pagaille."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Cafouillage, pagaille, situation devenue chaotique."
      ],
      "id": "fr-snafu-en-noun-ozJJX0x2",
      "tags": [
        "familiar"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "military"
      ]
    }
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    },
    {
      "ipa": "\\ˈsnæf.uː\\"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "\\snæ.ˈfuː\\"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "\\ˈsnæf.uː\\"
    },
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    "Lemmes en anglais",
    "Noms communs en anglais",
    "anglais"
  ],
  "etymology_texts": [
    "(Date à préciser) Acronyme : Situation Normal All Fucked Up. Terme popularisé durant la seconde guerre mondiale par le film Private Snafu."
  ],
  "lang": "Anglais",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "pos_title": "Nom commun",
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        "Exemples en anglais",
        "Lexique en anglais du militaire",
        "Termes familiers en anglais"
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        {
          "ref": "Alice Kaplan, French Lessons. A Memoir, The University of Chicago Press, 1993, p. 28",
          "text": "Preparations for the most important trial since the trial of Jesus Christ were a snafu.",
          "translation": "Les préparatifs pour le plus important procès depuis le procès de Jésus-Christ étaient une pagaille."
        }
      ],
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        "Cafouillage, pagaille, situation devenue chaotique."
      ],
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        "familiar"
      ],
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        "military"
      ]
    }
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    },
    {
      "ipa": "\\ˈsnæf.uː\\"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "\\snæ.ˈfuː\\"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "\\ˈsnæf.uː\\"
    },
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