fops

[US]/[fɒps]/
[UK]/[fɒps]/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

n. Un homme insensé, affecté, excessivement vaniteux et préoccupé par son apparence ; Un homme qui se soucie excessivement de la mode et du statut social.

Phrases & Collocations

fops around

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stopping fops

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fops off now

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those fops

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fops are here

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fops it all

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fops with them

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fops away

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fops about

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fops around now

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Example Sentences

the young men were often dismissed as mere fops, concerned only with their appearance.

Les jeunes hommes étaient souvent considérés comme de simples dandys, préoccupés uniquement par leur apparence.

he fancied himself a dandy, a sort of fop with extravagant tastes.

Il se considérait comme un dandy, une sorte de fop aux goûts extravagants.

she found his affected manners and fopish behavior rather amusing.

Elle trouvait ses manières affectées et son comportement de fop assez amusants.

the novel satirized the fops and their obsession with fashion.

Le roman parodiait les fops et leur obsession pour la mode.

he tried to emulate the fops of the court, but failed miserably.

Il a essayé d'imiter les fops de la cour, mais a lamentablement échoué.

the theater was full of fops eager to show off their new hats.

Le théâtre était plein de fops désireux de montrer leurs nouveaux chapeaux.

her brother, a notorious fop, spent all his money on clothes.

Son frère, un fop notoire, dépensait tout son argent en vêtements.

despite his wealth, he remained a tiresome fop with no real substance.

Malgré sa richesse, il est resté un fop pénible sans aucune substance réelle.

the older generation disapproved of the fops and their frivolous pursuits.

La génération plus âgée désapprouvait les fops et leurs plaisirs frivoles.

he was a fop in a powdered wig, strutting around the ballroom.

Il était un fop avec une perruque poudrée, se pavanant dans la salle de bal.

the play featured a cast of characters, including several ridiculous fops.

La pièce mettait en scène un ensemble de personnages, dont plusieurs fops ridicules.

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