plouc

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Breton plouk, from Breton ploue. First attested in c. 1880s.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /pluk/
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Noun

plouc m or f by sense (plural ploucs)

(informal, derogatory) hick, country bumpkin, yokel
Synonym: paysan
(informal, derogatory, figuratively) rube
- 1999, Anna Gavalda, “Permission”, in Je voudrais que quelqu'un m'attende quelque part, →ISBN:
  Mon frère, il ne dit jamais un pavillon, il dit une maison. Il trouve que le mot pavillon, ça fait plouc.
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See also

péquenaud
beauf
plouquesse

Further reading

“plouc”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

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