pisse-vinaigre
Appearance
French
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From pisser (“to piss”) + vinaigre (“vinegar”).
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]pisse-vinaigre m (plural pisse-vinaigre)
- (figuratively) a grouch, a crosspatch, a sourpuss
Descendants
[edit]- → Dutch: azijnpisser (calque)
See also
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “pisse-vinaigre”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.