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clean

clean, neat

adjective KLEEN Rare

Origin: English 'clean'

Also means

drug-free

Usage Note

Clean is an English borrowing used informally in French to mean stylish-and-uncluttered ('that design is really clean') or, in slang, sober/drug-free. It is invariable (no agreement in gender or number). It sits firmly in the informal register and would sound out of place in formal writing.

Examples

"Son appartement est vraiment clean et moderne."

Natural Translation

His apartment is really clean and modern.

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