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fringue

clothing item, garment

noun FRANG Less Common

Usage Note

Fringue is a very informal, slangy word for a piece of clothing. It is almost always used in the plural les fringues to mean 'clothes'. It belongs to everyday spoken French and would not appear in formal writing; the neutral equivalent is vêtement.

Examples

"Elle adore acheter des fringues."

Natural Translation

She loves buying clothes.

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