Flause

Signification (Anglais)

1. (feminine, plural-normally) illusion, vain idea
2. (feminine, plural-normally) nonsense, blather

Concepts

détour

faux-fuyant

baratin

frise

boniment

Synonymes

Ausweg

Ausrede

Umschweif

Ausflucht

Zierstreifen

Bühnenhimmel

Flausch

Fries

Traductions

smoesje

toevlucht

smoes

draaierij

resort

pamplina

tale

léria

trica

fib

draaierij

friso

slet

falòrnia

border

Prononcé comme (IPA)

/ˈflaʊ̯zə/

Étymologie (Anglais)

Emprunté à Middle Low German: vlūs

In summary

Borrowed from Middle Low German vlūs, vlūsch (“sheepskin”) or a derivative thereof, ultimately related to Proto-West Germanic *fleus (“fleece”).
The figurative sense may have been derived from “flock of wool” via “worthless thing”. The same word was later borrowed again in its original sense as Fluse (“lint, fluff of fabric”). Compare also Flausch, which too is a doublet.