fuddy-duddy in the Oxford-Hachette French Dictionary

Translations for fuddy-duddy in the English»French Dictionary (Go to French»English)

Translations for fuddy-duddy in the French»English Dictionary (Go to English»French)

schnock [ʃnɔk] N m sl

I.vieux (vieille), vieil before vowel or mute h, <mpl vieux> [vjø, vjɛj] ADJ

3. vieux (ancien):

II.vieux (vieille), vieil before vowel or mute h, <mpl vieux> [vjø, vjɛj] N m (f)

III.vieux (vieille), vieil before vowel or mute h, <mpl vieux> [vjø, vjɛj] ADV

IV.vieux N m

V.vieux (vieille), vieil before vowel or mute h, <mpl vieux> [vjø, vjɛj]

old thing dated
old thing dated
old bag inf, pej
vieux croûton inf pej
vieux jeton inf
old fuddy-duddy inf
vieux schnock inf pej
fuddy-duddy inf

VI.vieux (vieille), vieil before vowel or mute h, <mpl vieux> [vjø, vjɛj]

See also singe, OS, métier, École

singe [sɛ̃ʒ] N m

OS [oɛs] N m abbrev

OS → ouvrier spécialisé

métier [metje] N m

1. métier:

fuddy-duddy in the PONS Dictionary

Translations for fuddy-duddy in the English»French Dictionary

American English

Monolingual examples (not verified by PONS Editors)

English
All of this to say that we don't want our weekend place (that will eventually transition into our retirement home) to look fuddy-duddy and country.
news.nationalpost.com
All in all, it smacked of something that was at once creepy, fuddy-duddy and draconian.
www.smh.com.au
As for dialing back his viewing, this is not an option, because people might think he's a fuddy-duddy.
www.salon.com
Other questionable nicknames for older or hidebound males are "duffer," codger "and" fuddy-duddy.
www.bozemandailychronicle.com
After duck liver, that filling seemed almost fuddy-duddy.
www.stuff.co.nz
The young people who've seen it have said they were so surprised how much they loved it, because it's not fuddy-duddy.
www.dailymail.co.uk
Perhaps it's fuddy-duddy of me to be worried about social media, but it does worry me dreadfully.
www.telegraph.co.uk
This is not because of some fuddy-duddy, superstitious fear of cloud storage.
www.newstalkzb.co.nz
That fuddy-duddy link to gold had helped do something rather useful to banks.
blogs.telegraph.co.uk
By the time it happens, he is wrinkly, withered fuddy-duddy and the woman also an expired fig.
thenationonlineng.net

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