en cloque

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French

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɑ̃ klɔk/
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Adjective

en cloque (invariable)

  1. (informal, idiomatic) knocked up, up the duff
    • 2014, Édouard Louis, En finir avec Eddy Bellegueule [The End of Eddy], Le Seuil:
      Je veux pas que tu galères comme moi dans la vie, moi j’ai fait n’importe quoi et je regrette, je suis tombée en cloque à dix-sept ans.
      I don't want you to have a hard time in life like I did. I did all sorts of things that I regret; I got knocked up at seventeen.