dingue

See also: -dingue and dingué

French

FWOTD – 13 October 2023

Etymology

Probably derived from dinguer (“fall, strike”) or divaguer (“wander, blather”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dɛ̃ɡ/

Adjective

dingue (plural dingues)

1. (slang) mad, crazy, nuts [from c. 1915]

   Synonyms: cinglé, dingo, fou

   Ce truc me rend dingue! ― This thing drives me crazy!

   • 2000, “Elle te rend dingue”, in Un signe du temps, performed by Nuttea:

     Elle te rend din-din, dingue / Quand elle a son poom poom short / Et ton problème, c’est simplement qu’elle s’en moque / Elle te rend dingue, bwoy !

     She drives you cra-cra-crazy / With her pum pum shorts / And your problem is that she just doesn't care / She drives you crazy, bwoy!

2. (colloquial) incredible, unbelievable

Noun

dingue m or f by sense (plural dingues)

1. (slang) madman, maniac

   Synonyms: cinglé, fou, folle

   La célébrité me faisait mener une existence de dingue.

   Fame was leading me to a crazy existence.

Derived terms

• dingo
• -dingue
• dinguerie
• doux dingue
• raide dingue

 

Verb

dingue

1. inflection of dinguer:
   1. first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
   2. second-person singular imperative

Further reading

• “dingue”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.