flau

Meaning

  1. calm, weak, (almost) windless
  2. flat, weak (of commerce, interest, atmosphere)
  3. dizzy, nauseous, queasy

Pronounced as (IPA)
/flaʊ̯/
Etymology

In summary

Via Middle Low German flau, from Middle Dutch vlau (compare modern Dutch flauw). The Dutch word was borrowed from Old French flou (“tired, weary”), which is probably of Germanic origin and, if so, then cognate with German lau.

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