French Dictionary

French-English translation of chou

Did you mean one of the following: CHU, cou?

(a) (Declension: pl -x) cabbage; (fig) faire ses ~x gras de qch to capitalise on sth, cash in on sth (Infml); (fig) bête comme ~ easy as pie; (fig) être dans les ~x (fig) to be up the spout (Infml), be down the tubes (Slang); (of person) to be in a jam;

~ de Bruxelles Brussels sprout; ~ cabus white cabbage; ~ de Milan Savoy (cabbage); ~ pommé round cabbage; ~ rouge red cabbage

(b) (Cookery) puff; pâte à ~x choux pastry;

~ à la crème cream puff, cream bun

(c) bow, rosette

2 chou Adjective, invariable

(a) (of person, room etc) cute (Infml)

3 chou Noun, masculine

(a) (Infml) darling, sweetheart; oui, mon ~ yes, darling (or) sweetheart (or) petal (or) honey (or) hon

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French-English translation of chou