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noun, masculine

emplâtre

/ɑ̃.platʁ/

noun, masculine/ɑ̃.platʁ/plural: emplâtres

plaster (glue-like substance); a useless individual, a good-for-nothing; a blow received during a fight

Inherited from Old French emplastre, borrowed from Latin emplastrum, from Ancient Greek ἔμπλαστρον (émplastron, “daub; salve”).