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