frou-frou

Meaning

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.

Synonyms

frilled

frilly

Translations

gekräuselt

kräuselte

verschnörkelt

mit Rüschen besetzt

Rüschen…

froncé

fırfırlı

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈfɹuːfɹuː/

Etymology

Borrowed from French frou-frou, an onomatopoeia.