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native french speaker here : it should read "Flambeur". "Flambé" does exist. "Flambeur" does exist but not Flambéur.
by BaudouinVH 3y ago
native french speaker here : it should read "Flambeur". "Flambé" does exist. "Flambeur" does exist but not Flambéur.
- dieulot 3y ago“Flambéur” isn’t right but “flambeur” means something else entirely (gambler). “Flambéer” would be more legitimate but would be hard to decipher. The title tag plays it safe and uses “flambé restaurant server”.
- Lalabadie 3y agoFlambeur with this meaning is a metaphor (it can mean gambler, or just overspender). Its literal meaning as "quelqu'un qui flambe" remains correct too.
- tomjakubowski 3y agolike somebody who "burns through money"
- gregschlom 3y ago"flambeur" means someone who sets things on fire. Either literally, as in this case, or metaphorically, as in money.
- pcrh 3y agoI read it as flâneur.
- RickHull 3y agoIn Louisiana, might it be flambeaux?
- gryn 3y agothat means torch (the traditional kind, not electric)
- gregschlom 3y agoAnd more specifically, torches (plural). A single torch would be "flambeau"
- tantalor 3y agoThis article isn't in French, it's in English.
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- hughdbrown 3y agoTout le monde connait Bob le Flambeur. https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0047892/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1 https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0047892/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bob_le_flambeur https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bob_le_flambeur Sort of a French Ocean's Eleven in the 1950s.