Nov 9, 2019 00:55
4 yrs ago
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English term
chillax
GBK
English to French
Art/Literary
Cinema, Film, TV, Drama
Definition from
Oxford:
intransitive. To calm down and relax; to take it easy, to chill. Often in imperative: ‘relax’, ‘calm down’.
Example sentences:
So chillax with these South Florida offers running through October. (South Florida Sun Sentinel)
Pandas play, polar bears wrestle, and walruses chillax in these photos from our archives. (National Geographic)
David Cameron's 'chillaxing' hobbies revealed in new biography (The Guardian)
Proposed translations
(French)
| 4 +4 | Chiller |
Samuel Clarisse
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| 5 -1 | Prends ta tisane |
Franck Abate
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| 4 | se destresser |
Justin Reeve
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| 4 -1 | Relaxer |
Sandra Bau
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| 4 -1 | Buller |
suzanneb111
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Proposed translations
+4
9 hrs
Samuel Clarisse
France
France
France
Always keeping in mind the audience
Native in: French (Variants: Luxembourgish, Standard-France, Swiss, Canadian, Belgian) 
Works in: English to French, Spanish to French
Related KudoZ points
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12
Selected
Chiller
C'est ainsi que les jeunes l'utilisent... On conjugue le verbe : "Chille, mon pote ça va aller"
C'est un anglicisme assez récent (quoique utilisé dans les années 90)
C'est un anglicisme assez récent (quoique utilisé dans les années 90)
Definition from
Dico des jeunes:
"Chiller" est un terme d’argot signifiant se détendre, se reposer, se relaxer. Le terme "chiller" se prononce "tchiler", et fait référence à une attitude cool, décontractée et reposante.
Example sentences:
"Nico, j’aimerais bien que tu ranges ta chambre maintenant. Maintenant ? Mais ça va pas la tête. Laisse-moi tranquille, j’aimerais bien pouvoir chiller en paix" (Dico des jeunes)
Peer comment(s):
| agree |
Philippa Smith
: Tout à fait. Utilisé aussi comme adjectif, "C'est vraiment chill" (pour une ambience, par exemple)
45 mins
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| agree |
Yvonne Gallagher
5 hrs
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| agree |
Stéphanie Bellumat
: https://langue-francaise.tv5monde.com/decouvrir/ne-plus-se-t...
6 hrs
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| agree |
Yolanda Broad
13 hrs
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4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer.
-1
2 hrs
Franck Abate
United States
United States
United States
Translating and localizing since 1995
Native in: French 
Works in: English to French, French to English
Prends ta tisane
Definition from
own experience or research:
Using "chillax" as an imperative when someone is stressing out over something, obviously there's no direct equivalent in French. An expression that is quite popular these days is "prendre une tisane à la camomille", I think "fais-toi une tisane" can work pretty well.
Example sentences:
C'est pas possible, ça va me coûter une blinde ce truc ! - Prends ta tisane, ils facturent seulement les pièces, la main-d'oeuvre est gratuite. (Me, myself and I)
Peer comment(s):
| disagree |
Samuel Clarisse
: Excusez-moi, mais l'expression fait très ancienne pour un concept aussi récent...
7 hrs
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Regardez l'actualité en France, vous serez surpris. https://www.lefigaro.fr/politique/le-scan/proces-lfi-dupond-...
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-1
3 hrs
Sandra Bau
France
France
France
Native French legal translator & lawyer
Native in: French (Variants: Standard-France, Swiss)
Works in: English to French, French, French to English
Relaxer
Definition from
Larousse dictionary:
"Relaxer" Verbe= Détendre quelqu'un physiquement ou moralement.<br /><br />Familier. <br />"relax (adjectif invariable)" ou "relaxe (nom)" = Qui est décontracté, qui est reposant.
Example sentences:
Des vacances relaxes. (Dictionnaire Larousse)
Il est très relax. (Larousse)
Relax! Tout va bien se passer. (Librest)
Peer comment(s):
| disagree |
Monica Sandor
: The problem: 'relaxer' as per the definition is transitive - you can relax xomethign (like in English, to relax hair, etc.). The imperative 'Relax!' is used a fair bit in Quebec informally, but is an anglicism.
4 hrs
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-1
13 hrs
Buller
Buller me semble approprié pour évoquer la détente oisive et joyeuse, la "relax-attitude" qui se dégage des exemples cités (vacances, animaux "à la cool", loisirs...)
alternatively : "Décompressez / er"
alternatively : "Décompressez / er"
Definition from
own experience or research:
daydream, laze around, relax
Example sentences:
Bullez au bord de la piscine avec le forfait tout compris xxx (example)
Le chat bulle au soleil (...)
Peer comment(s):
| disagree |
Samuel Clarisse
: "Buller" est une expression bien trop ancienne...
1 hr
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it sure isn't a neologism but I think it is better suited to the type of sentences given as an example by the asker... Chiller to my ear doesn't sound right in this context, too young, too slangish, actually no Fr word perfectly matches Chillax
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2 days 20 hrs
Justin Reeve
Canada
Canada
Canada
Archaeologist, Historian, Linguist
Native in: English
Works in: French to English, English to French, German to English, and 1 more.
se destresser
Definition from
own experience or research:
I often hear this in the same context as chillax.
Example sentences:
Destresse-toi. Faut se destresser. (own experience)
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