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Brushing, nm : blow-dry
une coupe et un brushing : a cut and blow-dry

The French word « brushing» looks exactly like the English word “brushing.”

The word “brushing” in English typically is used as a verb and means “to touch something quickly and lightly or carelessly” or “to remove dust or dirt by sweeping or scrubbing.”

In French « brushing » is used as a noun and means a blow-dry.


Elle a pris rendez-vous chez le coiffeur pour un brushing.
She made an appointment at the hairdresser’s for a blow-dry.