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parler à travers son chapeau

French, verb/paʁ.le a tʁa.vɛʁ sɔ̃ ʃa.po/

parler à travers son chapeau is a French verb meaning “to talk through one's hat” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Parler d’une chose que l’on connait à peine ou pas du tout”.

What does parler à travers son chapeau mean in English?

verb

  1. 1

    informalto talk through one's hat

Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How French dictionaries define it

verb: 1. Parler d’une chose que l’on connait à peine ou pas du tout.

The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.

Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.

How do you pronounce parler à travers son chapeau?

  • /paʁ.le a tʁa.vɛʁ sɔ̃ ʃa.po/
  • \paʁ.le.ʁ‿a tʁa.vɛʁ sɔ̃ ʃa.po\

Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.