séraphin

See also: seraphin and Seraphin

French

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /se.ʁa.fɛ̃/
Audio (CAN) (file)

Noun

séraphin m (plural séraphins)

seraph

Etymology 2

Allusion to Séraphin Poudrier, the main character of Un homme et son péché by Claude-Henri Grignon.

Noun

séraphin m (plural séraphins, feminine séraphine)

(Quebec) miser, scrooge

Adjective

séraphin (feminine séraphine, masculine plural séraphins, feminine plural séraphines)

(Quebec) miserly, avaricious, usurious, mean

Further reading

“séraphin”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

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