flou

adjectivecommon noun

Syllable Decomposition

flou

from the Latin flavus (yellow) passed to the sense of "faded, withered" then "tired, exhausted" and, in the nineteenth century, that of "indistinct". In 1676, Félibien wrote: "it is an old word that was once used to express in painting terms, the tenderness and softness of a work."

Definitions

Synonyms

brouillardeuxbrouillébrumeuxconfuseffacéflottantfonduhésitantimprécisincertainindécisindéfiniindéterminableindéterminéindistinctlâchenébuleuxobscursibyllinténébreuxtimidetroublevaguevaporeuxvoilé

Antonyms

clairdistinctnetprécis

Translations

  • englishenglish:blurry
  • polishpolish:rozmyty
  • dutchdutch:onscherp
  • portugueseportuguese:vago

See also

floue (adj.) fluet (adj.) floues (v.) floues (adj.) flous (adj.) flous (cn.)