pique-assiette
French
Etymology
piquer + assiette
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /pi.ka.sjɛt/
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Noun
pique-assiette m (plural pique-assiettes)
- (informal, derogatory) scrounger, freeloader, gatecrasher, sponger
Further reading
- “pique-assiette”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.