Noun: pousse-café
Gender: m
Hyphenation:
| Singular m | pousse-café |
| Plural m | pousse-café; pousse-cafés |
Sample Sentences
Nouns inflected like pousse-café
grippe-sou,
gagne-pain,
Haratin,
souffre-douleur,
bla bla,
bla-bla,
chasse-café,
post-it,
beshbarmak,
claque-merde,
grille-pain,
garde-meuble,
sèche-linge,
postscriptum,
tire-lait,
prête-plume,
porte-papier,
pousse-café,
lave-linge,
sang-froid, etc. (List truncated at 20 nouns)
Etymology
Literally, “coffee-pusher”, from pousse (“push”, 2nd person singular imperative of pousser) + café (“coffee”). Compare Italian ammazzacaffè (literally “coffee-killer”).
Verbs referencing "pousse-café"
English Nouns
pousse-café.
Translations