plouf

pluf

Definition

Definition of plouf - Reverso French Dictionary

Interjection

eauexprime ou accompagne une chute, plongée ou mise dans un liquide

Plouf ! La pierre tombe dans l'étang.

floc

splash

échecexprime un échec ou une situation qui tombe à l'eau

Plouf ! Notre projet de vacances est annulé.

patatras

raté

surprise chutemarque la surprise face à une chute soudaine

Plouf ! Il est tombé de son vélo dans la mare.

oups

patatras

Noun, masculine

sonbruit fait par quelque chose qui tombe dans l'eau

On entendit un grand plouf quand Pierre tomba dans la piscine.

éclaboussement

splash

tirage au sort

Dated

comptine pour choisir un enfant dans un jeu

Dated

Les enfants récitent le plouf pour savoir qui sera le chat.

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plouf-plouf

méthode de tirage au sort utilisant une comptine rythmée

Les enfants ont fait un plouf-plouf pour choisir qui commence.

Origin of plouf

onomatopée, imitation du bruit d'une chute dans l'eau

Examples of plouf in a sentence

Plouf ! Mon téléphone est tombé dans la piscine.
Plouf ! Mon gâteau s'est effondré au dernier moment.
Plouf, toutes mes tentatives ont échoué aujourd'hui.
Plouf ! La glace a cédé sous ses pieds.
Plouf ! Le ballon est tombé dans la piscine.
Un plouf retentit dans la piscine.

J'ai fait un grand plouf en sautant dans l'eau.
Le plouf décide qui commence la partie.
On chante le plouf avant chaque jeu de cour.

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English:splash, plop, ...
German:plumps, Platsch, ...
Italian:pluf, tuff, ...
Spanish:plaf, chapuzón, ...
Portuguese:pluf, ploc, ...
Chinese:扑通, 扑通声, ...
Japanese:ぽちゃん, ポチャッ, ...
Arabic:طَبْش, بلوف, ...
Hebrew:פְּלוֹפּ, פְּלוּפ, ...
Russian:плюх, считалочка, ...
Ukrainian:плюх, сплеск, ...
Catalan:pluf, rima de triar, ...
Danish:plask, en tælleremse, ...
Dutch:plons, plonsgeluid, ...
Greek:πλατς, πλαφ, ...
Hungarian:csobbanás, loccsanás, ...
Khmer:ផ្លុំប, សំឡេងធ្លាក់ចូលទឹក, ...
Korean:풍덩, 뽑기 동요, ...
Polish:plusk, chlupnięcie, ...
Portuguese (BR):ploft, mergulho, ...
Romanian:plosc, pleosc, ...
Swedish:plums, skvätt, ...
Thai:จ๋อม, เสียงตู้ม, ...
Turkish:şap, şapırtı, ...
Vietnamese:tõm, tiếng tõm, ...

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