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French
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ky.tɛ.ʁø/ ~ /ky.te.ʁø/
Noun
cul-terreux m (plural culs-terreux)
- (derogatory) yokel, peasant, country bumpkin, clodhopper
1952, Georges Brassens (lyrics and music), “La Mauvaise Réputation”, in La Mauvaise Réputation:Quand je croise un voleur malchanceux / Poursuivi par un cul-terreux, / Je lance la patte et pourquoi le taire, / Le cul-terreux se retrouve par terre- When I come across an unlucky thief / Being chased by a country bumpkin, / I stick out my foot and, why hide it, / The bumpkin ends up on the ground
2014, Édouard Louis, En finir avec Eddy Bellegueule [The End of Eddy], Le Seuil:Les voisins allaient dans les champs qui entouraient le village pour dérober du maïs et des petits pois, avec la vigilance dont il fallait faire preuve pour ne pas être surpris par les agriculteurs, faire gaffe aux culs-terreux.- The neighbours went into the fields surrounding the village to steal maize and peas, with the vigilance that was required to avoid being caught by the farmers, watch out for the yokels.
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