flegme
French
Alternative forms
- phlegme (archaic, obsolete)
Etymology
From Old French fleume (with etymological re-formation), from Late Latin phlegma, from Ancient Greek φλέγμα (phlégma). Doublet of flemme.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /flɛɡm/
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Noun
flegme m (plural flegmes)
- (medicine, historical) phlegm
- composure
- Le flegme de cet homme me met au désespoir. ― (please add an English translation of this usage example)
- Le flegme britannique. ― British composure.
Further reading
- “flegme”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.