peau de vache
French, noun/po d(ə) vaʃ/
peau de vache is spelled P-E-A-U-D-E-V-A-C-H-E (11 letters). Peau de vache is a French feminine noun meaning “battle axe, cat, nasty piece of work” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Individu méchant”.
What does peau de vache mean in English?
noun
- 1
derogatoryfeminineinformalbattle axe, cat, nasty piece of work
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Individu méchant.
adjective: 1. Qui est méchant.
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.
Forms of peau de vache
- peaux de vache plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce peau de vache?
- /po d(ə) vaʃ/
- \po d(ə) vaʃ\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to peau de vache
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.