flou

Borrowed from French flou.

• IPA^(key): /flu/

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• Rhymes: -u

flou (not comparable)

1. blurred, unclear

   Synonyms: onscherp, wazig

flou (Old Dauphinois)

1. Alternative form of flor (“flower”)

• Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002) “flōs”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch, volumes 3: D–F, page 630

From Middle French flou, from Old French flou, flo (“soft, wilted, tired, exhausted”), from Old Frankish *hlāo (“lukewarm, tepid, mild”), from Proto-Germanic *hlēwaz (“warm, lukewarm”), from Proto-Indo-European *ḱlēw- (“to be warm or hot”). More at lew.

Alternative etymology derives Old French flou, flo from Latin flāvus (“yellow”), via a farming metaphor.

• IPA^(key): /flu/

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flou (feminine floue, masculine plural flous, feminine plural floues)

1. fuzzy; blurred, blurry; unclear

flou m (plural flous)

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• dans le flou

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

flou (invariable)

1. blurred (image)
2. flowing (clothes)

flou m (invariable)

1. blurred cinematic effect

• fluo

Borrowed from French flou.

• IPA^(key): /flu/, [fluː]
• Rhymes: -uː

flou (masculine flouen, neuter flout, comparative méi flou, superlative am flousten)

1. vague
2. blurred, unclear
3. imprecise

• (vague): vag
• (blurred): onschaarf, verschwommen
• (imprecise): ongenee