yeux de merlan frit
French, noun/jø d(ə) mɛʁ.lɑ̃ fʁi/
yeux de merlan frit is spelled Y-E-U-X-D-E-M-E-R-L-A-N-F-R-I-T (16 letters). Yeux de merlan frit is a French masculine noun meaning “goggle-eyed stare, goofy eyes, naive look, idiot look” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Regard révulsé qui ne laisse plus paraître que le blanc de l’œil”.
What does yeux de merlan frit mean in English?
noun
- 1
informalmasculinegoggle-eyed stare, goofy eyes, naive look, idiot look
faire des yeux de merlan frit
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Regard révulsé qui ne laisse plus paraître que le blanc de l’œil. 2. Regard niais.
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 yeux de merlan frit?
- /jø d(ə) mɛʁ.lɑ̃ fʁi/
- \jø də mɛʁ.lɑ̃ fʁi\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.