séraphin
See also: seraphin and Seraphin
French
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /se.ʁa.fɛ̃/
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Noun
séraphin m (plural séraphins)
- seraph
Etymology 2
Allusion to Séraphin Poudrier, the main character of Un homme et son péché by Claude-Henri Grignon.
Noun
séraphin m (plural séraphins, feminine séraphine)
- (Quebec) miser, scrooge
Adjective
séraphin (feminine séraphine, masculine plural séraphins, feminine plural séraphines)
- (Quebec) miserly, avaricious, usurious, mean
Further reading
- “séraphin”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.