projo
French
Etymology
Clipping of projecteur + -o.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /pʁɔ.ʒo/
Noun
projo m (plural projos)
- (informal) Synonym of projecteur
- 1971, Frédéric Dard, La Sexualité [Sexuality], Paris: Fleuve noir:
- Des projos de couleur illuminent la piste
- Colored spotlights lit up the dance floor.
- 1980, “Jojo le Projo”, in Assez !, performed by Claude Nougaro:
- Je faisais mon numéro / Dans un simple rond d’lumière / Avec Jojo au projo
- I would do my number / In a simple spot of light / With Jojo on the projector
Further reading
- “projo”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
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