en l'air

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French

Pronunciation

Adjective

en l’air (invariable)

  1. up in the air, up
    Coordinate term: à terre
    les quatre fers en l’airflat on one's back
    partie de jambes en l’airroll in the hay (literally, “game of legs up in the air”)
  2. (figuratively) empty, not backed by action
    des menaces en l’airidle threats
    une promesse en l’airan empty promise
    des paroles en l’airhot air, empty words

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  • Haitian Creole: anlè