perky

French translation: pimpant(e)

10:57 Sep 9, 2020
English to French translations [PRO]
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English term or phrase: perky
Dress Up video game.

"Take Davis' advice and change into something Perky and Noble, so that no one will look down on you.
Why not try something Grand and Perky?"

The character wants to sneak and infiltrates a high social class party, dressed like someone else. It's a "Dress Up" game, so I need to find something that looks like jargon...
Hugues Roumier
France
Local time: 07:28
French translation:pimpant(e)
Explanation:
On retrouve de nombreuses caractéristiques communes dans les définitions monolingues françaises et anglaises.

"[En parlant de la toilette ou de l'apparence vestimentaire d'une pers., de son expression, d'un trait de son comportement] Qui manifeste de l'élégance, de la fraîcheur, le goût ou le désir de plaire."
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Gilles Wandel
Belgium
Local time: 07:28
Grading comment
Merci Gilles! Ca correspond au style et l'époque du texte
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Summary of answers provided
4 +2pimpant(e)
Gilles Wandel
4apprêté(e)
John Barré
3chic
AllegroTrans


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pimpant(e)


Explanation:
On retrouve de nombreuses caractéristiques communes dans les définitions monolingues françaises et anglaises.

"[En parlant de la toilette ou de l'apparence vestimentaire d'une pers., de son expression, d'un trait de son comportement] Qui manifeste de l'élégance, de la fraîcheur, le goût ou le désir de plaire."

Example sentence(s):
  • Une tenue pimpante

    https://www.cnrtl.fr/definition/pimpant
    https://dictionary.cambridge.org/fr/dictionnaire/anglais/perky
Gilles Wandel
Belgium
Local time: 07:28
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Native speaker of: French
PRO pts in category: 8
Grading comment
Merci Gilles! Ca correspond au style et l'époque du texte

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agree  Samuel Clarisse
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agree  Francois Boye
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neutral  Sandra Mouton: Un peu désuet ?
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1 day 10 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
chic


Explanation:
Why not?

AllegroTrans
United Kingdom
Local time: 06:28
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Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
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apprêté(e)


Explanation:
Je préfère pimpant, mais apprêté marche assez bien à mon goût.


    https://www.cnrtl.fr/definition/apprete
John Barré
Germany
Local time: 07:28
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Native speaker of: French
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