flambant neuf

brand-new

→ flambant

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brand-new An emphatic expression meaning completely new, often with a sense that something is fresh off the shelf. The adjective agrees in gender and number: flambant neuve, flambant neufs, flambant neuves.

FR: Elle vient d'emménager dans un appartement flambant neuf.

EN: She just moved into a brand-new apartment.

C'est un ordinateur flambant neuf.

It's a brand new computer.

C'est flambant neuf.

It's brand-new.

— Cemetery of Splendour (2015)

Tu sais ce qui arriverait si le fisc apprenait que j'ai un coupé flambant neuf ?

Do you know what would happen if the tax authorities found out I had a brand-new coupe?

— Arrête-moi si tu peux (2002)

Il est flambant neuf ?

Is it brand-new?

— Porn in the Hood (2012)