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French
Etymology
Literally, “listen if it's raining”.
Pronunciation
Noun
écoute-s’il-pleut m (plural écoute-s’il-pleut)
- (type of) watermill
- (figuratively) pipedream, castle in the air
1862, Victor Hugo, chapter 8, in Les Misérables, Tome I : Fantine, book 1:Monsieur l’évêque, l’immortalité de l’homme est un écoute-s’il-pleut.- My lord bishop, the immortality of man is a pipedream.