pis-aller

French

Etymology

From pis (“worse”) and aller (“to go”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /pi.z‿a.le/
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Noun

pis-aller m (plural pis-aller)

  1. a make-do, a less than optimal solution, a workaround

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