pourri

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French

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /pu.ʁi/
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Participle

pourri (feminine pourrie, masculine plural pourris, feminine plural pourries)

  1. past participle of pourrir

Adjective

pourri (feminine pourrie, masculine plural pourris, feminine plural pourries)

  1. rotten; decayed
  2. (of food etc.) bad, rotten; off
  3. decomposed, putrefied (body)
  4. spoilt (child)
  5. bad; lame

Derived terms

Noun

pourri m (plural pourris)

  1. (colloquial) swine, bastard
  2. (slang) bent copper, dirty cop

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