Glossary entry (derived from question below)
English term or phrase:
capital joke
French translation:
une énorme plaisanterie / un énorme canular(d)
Added to glossary by
DPolice
Nov 22, 2001 01:48
22 yrs ago
English term
vanessa
capital joke
Non-PRO
English to French
Art/Literary
it will be a capital joke,remembered till their last days.
Proposed translations
(French)
| 4 | une énorme plaisanterie / un énorme canular(d) |
DPolice
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| 4 +1 | la blague du siècle |
Maya Jurt
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| 5 | une superbe plaisanterie |
mckinnc
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Proposed translations
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une énorme plaisanterie / un énorme canular(d)
plaisanterie is usually verbal
canulard is often a practical joke
canulard is often a practical joke
Reference:
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une superbe plaisanterie
capital is a rather old-fashioned expression , used to mean wonderful, splendid, first-rate, smashing etc.
The sort of expression you might find in P G Wodehouse.
The sort of expression you might find in P G Wodehouse.
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