frou-frou

Betekenis (Engels)

Noun

A rustling sound, particularly the rustling of a large silk dress.

Adj

1. Liable to create the sound of rustling cloth, similar to 19th-century dresses.
2. Highly ornamented, overly elaborate; excessively girly.
3. (derogatory) Unimportant, silly, useless.

Verb

To move with the sound of rustling dresses.

Sinonieme

frilled

frilly

Vertalings

gekräuselt

kräuselte

verschnörkelt

mit Rüschen besetzt

Rüschen…

froncé

fırfırlı

Uitgespreek as (IPA)

/ˈfɹuːfɹuː/

Etimologie (Engels)

Borrowed from French frou-frou, an onomatopoeia.