Category talk:French verb-noun compounds


 * broute-minou, baise-main, croche-pied, lèche-vitrine fit syntactically, but not semantically
 * no, action nouns are rarer, but OK as well, alongside agent/instrument nouns.
 * there are also similar items with a definite article: tue-l'amour, crève-la-faim, trompe-la-mort, trompe-l'œil
 * added
 * garde-robe is feminine. it's weird.
 * ellipsis of "[armoire] garde-robe", originally an adjective.
 * what can we do with indirect complements? porte-à-faux, touche-à-tout, tire-au-flanc, boute-en-train
 * pisse-froid
 * i'm not convinced by vaurien.
 * further integration/univerbation/grammaticalisation. compare breakfast
 * cessez-le-feu, cédez-le-passage, rendez-vous