baby-foot
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French
Alternative forms
Etymology
Pseudo-anglicism, derived from baby + foot (shortening of football).
Pronunciation
Noun
baby-foot m (countable and uncountable, plural baby-foots)
- (uncountable) table football, foosball (game)
- Synonyms: (formal) football de table; (Belgium) kicker
- 2016, Joey Richardière, Une fille venue d'ailleurs, Chiado:
- Lorsque les copains se retrouvaient au café du coin, pour boire une bière, taquiner le flipper ou le baby-foot, il n’était accepté que parce qu’il régalait.
- When the mates met up in the café at the corner, to drink a beer, have a go at the pinball machine or the football table, he was only tolerated because he treated them.
- (countable) foosball table (furniture)
Descendants
- → Gulf Arabic: بيبي فوت (bebī fūt) (Kuwait)
Further reading
- “baby-foot”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé , 2012.