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masculine

/vwa.ju/

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Translation

hooligan, lout, thug

Word origin

From French voie ('road, street') with the popular suffix -ou. A voyou was first a child of the street.

Origin: French
Root: voie

Grammar

Gendermasculine

Pluralvoyous

Examples

That thug stole my bag on the train.

Hooligans smashed the shop door.

He spends his evenings with a bunch of louts.

, - !

Give me my money back, you little tearaway!

The local thugs are afraid of him.

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This word is part of lesson 49.