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daube.

stew, casserole; daube

5 characters2 syllables approx.Français language

Meaning & usage

noun/dob/
  1. stew, casserole; daube

    feminine
  2. crap; crappiness (something of low quality)

    feminine · slang
    C'est trop de la daube ce film!
Where this word comes from

Borrowed from obsolete Italian dobba (“marinade”), perhaps from Catalan adobar (“to marinate”). The Italian word is no longer in current use but still found in Sicilian.

verb/dob/
  1. inflection of dauber: first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive

    first-person · form-of · indicative · present · singular · subjunctive · third-person
  2. inflection of dauber: second-person singular imperative

    form-of · imperative · second-person · singular
Where this word comes from

Borrowed from obsolete Italian dobba (“marinade”), perhaps from Catalan adobar (“to marinate”). The Italian word is no longer in current use but still found in Sicilian.

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