Some Examples
| Belgicism | Dutch | Metropolitan French | English |
|---|---|---|---|
| à tantôt | tot later | à tout à l'heure | see you later |
| aller à la toilette | naar het toilet gaan | aller aux toilettes | to go to the toilets |
| astruquer | verslikken | s'étrangler | to choke drinking something |
| au matin | deze morgen | ce matin | this morning |
| auto-scooter | botsauto | auto-tamponneuse | bumper car |
| boiler | boiler | chauffe-eau | boiler |
| brosser un cours | brossen, spijbelen | sécher un cours | to skip class |
| patates | aardappels | pommes de terre | potatoes |
| canule | slechte voetballer | (No French equivalent) | terrible football player |
| carabistouilles | stommigheden | bêtises | folly, silly things |
| carrousel | draaimolen, carrousel | manège forain | carrousel |
| chicon | witloof, chicon | endive | endive |
| co-koter | samenwonen | partager un logement (généralement pour étudiants) | to have a roommate |
| couque | koek | brioche | bun |
| dikkenek | dikkenek (literally: fat neck) | vantard | boasting, boastful |
| divan | sofa, zetel | canapé | sofa |
| douf ("Il fait douf!") | heet | chaleur étouffante ("il fait très chaud") | asphyxiating heat |
| drache | stortregen | très grosse pluie | heavy rain |
| écolage | opleiding | apprentissage | training |
| fraiser | kloppen | frapper | to knock |
| GSM | gsm | téléphone portable | mobile/cell phone |
| kot | kot | petit studio d'étudiant | digs; student residence |
| (avoir des) krolles | krullen hebben | (avoir les) cheveux frisés, bouclés | (to have) curly hair |
| nonante | negentig | quatre-vingt-dix | ninety |
| septante | zeventig | soixante-dix | seventy |
| spéce | speciaal, ongewoon | spécial | special; unusual |
| toquer | "nen toek geven", kloppen | frapper | to knock |
| torchon | dweil | serpillière | floorcloth |
| volle gaz | volle gas | rapidement | quickly (full steam ahead) |
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