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[cloud lark]

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[glossy wyvern]

I never heard that in English, what does that mean ?

[rancid quail]

depends on the word

-âtre for some colours
-ouiller for verbs, sometimes
not something I think about a lot though

usually french adds more words or something similar to make it clear

[potent dune]

Yeah, I was guessing it may be something more like a word around the adjective. Thank you for this! I was trying to come up with something less boring to title a Spotify playlist I'm making of French songs that have a "chill" vibe to me. I was thinking something along the lines of "chill-ish" haha

[potent dune]

It's when the word you're using to describe something isn't quite right but works enough. It's nothing formal or officially used. There's most likely a true, official word that would work better in place of adding "ish" to a word, but the person speaking either can't think of it or is just not wanting to put the energy in to find a better suited word. 😅 That's my best shot at explaining it anyway.

[rancid quail]

Closest I can think of is "Un peu chill"

I could also see myself writing something like Chillâtre to be silly

[potent dune]

ooh, I might do that one. I enjoy playing around with words. I'm nowhere near ready to do that with French yet, but it is almost painful for me to use such a typical name for my playlist. 😅 merci beaucoup

[glossy wyvern]

So in french we say "genre" before the word,

[rancid quail]

That's "like", though yeah it can give a similar feel

Mostly in a full sentence tho