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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