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feminine

/sa.lɔp.ʁi/

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Translation

filth, rubbish, dirty trick

Word origin

From salope ('slut, filthy woman'), itself built on sale ('dirty'). The ending -erie names the thing done or the stuff produced.

Origin: French
Root: salope

Grammar

Genderfeminine

Pluralsaloperies

Examples

' .

He played a dirty trick on me.

Cette .

This wretched machine never works.

He spreads filth about his friends.

Get your rubbish off the table!

She eats too much junk in the evening.

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This word is part of lesson 54.