bredouille

== French == === Etymology === Obscure. For semantic reasons, it is unlikely to be a deverbal of bredouiller. The adjective derives from the noun and is linked by some etymologists to Germanic roots: it could be, like brelan, linked to German Brett. Historically, bredouille was also called toutes-tables. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /bʁə.duj/ === Adjective === bredouille (plural bredouilles) empty-handed === Noun === bredouille f (plural bredouilles) a token used to mark points in a game of trictrac ==== Descendants ==== → German: Bredouille === Verb === bredouille inflection of bredouiller: first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive second-person singular imperative === Further reading === “bredouille”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012 === Anagrams === débrouille, débrouillé