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se piquer le nez

French, verb/sə pi.ke l(ə) ne/

se piquer le nez is a French verb meaning “to get drunk” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Boire des boissons alcoolisées plus que de raison ; s’enivrer”.

What does se piquer le nez mean in English?

verb

  1. 1

    to get drunk

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

How French dictionaries define it

verb: 1. Boire des boissons alcoolisées plus que de raison ; s’enivrer.

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 se piquer le nez?

  • /sə pi.ke l(ə) ne/
  • \sə pi.ke lə ne\

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