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in

trendy, in fashion

adjective EEN Less Common

Origin: English loanword 'in (fashion)', adopted unchanged into French.

Usage Note

In is a direct English borrowing used as an invariable adjective in informal French to mean fashionable or 'the in thing'. Its antonym is out. Because it is invariable, it never takes gender or plural agreement: une soirée in, des gens in.

Examples

"Ce restaurant est vraiment in en ce moment."

Natural Translation

This restaurant is really trendy right now.

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