French word

saouler

Pronunciation

IPA/sule/

Meaning

  • verbget drunk

Example

Après le concert, il s'est saoulé.

After the concert, he got drunk.

Illustration for saouler (get drunk)

More examples

Il a saoulé son ami en lui servant trop d'alcool.

He got his friend drunk by serving him too much alcohol.

Core concept

A person or mind filled past its limit until it is dulled, drunk, or fed up.

Common phrases

  • saouler quelqu'un

    get someone drunk

  • se saouler

    get drunk

Similar words

s'enivrer: Get drunk from alcohol and experience a change in mood.
se bourrer: Drink a great deal of alcohol and become very drunk.
picoler: Drink alcohol casually or socially.
énerver: Irritate or anger someone.

Definition in French

Signifie principalement, à la forme pronominale, devenir ivre (se saouler) et, à la forme non pronominale, rendre ivre ou, familièrement, importuner quelqu'un.

Word origin

Saouler passed through Old French saoler from Latin satullus, meaning 'sated', a form related to satur, meaning 'full'.

Usage tips

  • The pronominal form se saouler normally means 'get drunk', while saouler quelqu'un can mean 'make someone drunk' or, informally, 'bore someone'.

Other meanings

  • make ___ drunkverb
  • annoyverb

Opposites

  • dégrisersober upverb

Related words

  • saoulantannoyingadjective
  • saoularddrunkardnoun
  • saoulédrunkadjective

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