Glossary entry (derived from question below)
Feb 9, 2004 02:31
20 yrs ago
French term
clopos
French to English
Art/Literary
Poetry & Literature
Il s'est eloigne en machant son clopos.
Proposed translations
(English)
5 +4 | fag or ciggie | pascie |
5 +4 | ...his smoke | Alex Zelkind (X) |
4 +2 | cigarette | JH Trads |
4 -1 | cancer stick | sarahl (X) |
Proposed translations
+4
6 mins
Selected
fag or ciggie
clopos is very slang, et "argot" for "cigarette"
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Note added at 2004-02-09 02:38:40 (GMT)
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fag end
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Note added at 2004-02-09 02:42:30 (GMT)
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pour \"macher\", I would use \'to chew away at or on\'
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Note added at 2004-02-09 07:39:59 (GMT)
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Il faudrait avoir plus de renseignements comme:
- la periode,
- le lieux, campagne, ville?,
- la classe sociale.
Avec des infos sur ces elements, le choix devrait etre plus facile.
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Note added at 2004-02-09 08:05:47 (GMT)
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Prison, ghettos, street language and so on...
\'shorts\' will be describing cigarette \'butt\'.
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Note added at 2004-02-09 08:28:05 (GMT)
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Clope avec un seul P bien sur.
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Note added at 2004-02-09 02:38:40 (GMT)
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fag end
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Note added at 2004-02-09 02:42:30 (GMT)
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pour \"macher\", I would use \'to chew away at or on\'
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Note added at 2004-02-09 07:39:59 (GMT)
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Il faudrait avoir plus de renseignements comme:
- la periode,
- le lieux, campagne, ville?,
- la classe sociale.
Avec des infos sur ces elements, le choix devrait etre plus facile.
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Note added at 2004-02-09 08:05:47 (GMT)
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Prison, ghettos, street language and so on...
\'shorts\' will be describing cigarette \'butt\'.
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Note added at 2004-02-09 08:28:05 (GMT)
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Clope avec un seul P bien sur.
4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer.
Comment: "Merci bcp. - il me semblait qu'il s'agissait d'une cigarette, mais n'etant pas tout a fait sure, fallait que je demande! Merci infiniment."
+2
6 mins
cigarette
from another slang word : "cloppe"= cigarette
Peer comment(s):
agree |
Abdellatif Bouhid
: cigarette butt
1 hr
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neutral |
Gayle Wallimann
: That's what it means without conserving the slang in English. If it's purely for the asker's information, this defines it.
3 hrs
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agree |
Dr Andrew Read
: Yes, but note that "butt" is only the remainder when you've finished the cigarette..
7 hrs
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-1
23 mins
cancer stick
Californian slang for cigarette
Peer comment(s):
neutral |
Alex Zelkind (X)
: This is slang of highschool girls
3 hrs
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neutral |
Gayle Wallimann
: Might be too local and/or modern for the asker's context.
3 hrs
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disagree |
pascie
: it is not common unless you are an anti-smoking activist!
4 hrs
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neutral |
Dr Andrew Read
: This term is certainly not restricted to Califonia (common in UK, too), but unlikely in this context, surely.
7 hrs
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neutral |
lien
: mais ce sont des health freaks en californie !
19 hrs
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oh oui, ils sont anti-fumeurs!
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+4
3 hrs
...his smoke
That's it.
Peer comment(s):
agree |
Gayle Wallimann
: As I mentioned for Pascie's suggestion, it depends on the period. However, this would go with all periods, in my opinion.
7 mins
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Merci, Gayle
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agree |
Valentini Mellas
: I think that this is general enough to include and context
18 mins
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Merci
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agree |
Vicky Papaprodromou
1 hr
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agree |
pascie
: this is the most general term to use
1 hr
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neutral |
Dr Andrew Read
: Doesn't sound that good or usual to a UK English-speaker; it's quite rare to have "smoke" used as a noun to refer specifically to a cigarette; though it could refer to the act of smoking: "they're having a smoke outside".
3 hrs
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Other variants don't go for US. People here don't say "fag" or "siggie" when they refer to sigarettes
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