flouze

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French

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Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic فُلُوس (fulūs), from Aramaic פילס / ܦܠܣ / פולסא / ܦܘܠܣܐ (/⁠fuləsā, filas⁠/), from Ancient Greek φόλλις (phóllis), from Latin follis. Doublet of fou.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /fluz/
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Noun

flouze m (plural flouzes)

  1. (slang) dough (money)
    • 2011, Floréal Plana, Nubia, histoires d'amour, Société des Écrivains (publ.), page 35.
      Je suis dans la merde la plus complète. Plus de boulot, plus de flouze, la tête me tourne, tout m’emmerde.
      I'm in deep shit. No more job, no more dough, my head is spinning, everything is pissing me off.

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