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masculine

/fli.pœʁ/

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Translation

pinball machine, pinball

Word origin

From English flipper, the name of the small bat that strikes the ball. French took the part for the whole and used it for the machine itself.

Origin: English
Root: flipper
English cognates: flipper, flip

Grammar

Gendermasculine

Pluralflippers

Examples

He spends hours at the pinball machine in the cafe.

The old pinball machine no longer works.

Pinball machines have vanished from the bars.

She won a game of pinball.

This pinball machine is the oldest in the neighbourhood.

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This word is part of lesson 57.