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vadrouille.

mop (implement for washing floors)

10 characters3 syllables approx.Français language

Meaning & usage

noun/va.dʁuj/
  1. mop (implement for washing floors)

    feminine
  2. walk, wander, stroll

    feminine · informal
Where this word comes from

17th century, at first in nautical parlance. Possibly an extension of regional drouilles (“old rags”), itself of unknown origin. The sense “walk, stroll” is a backformation from the denominal verb vadrouiller.

verb/va.dʁuj/
  1. inflection of vadrouiller: first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive

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

    form-of · imperative · second-person · singular
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