"faire que fou" meaning in All languages combined

See faire que fou on Wiktionary

Verb [French]

IPA: /fɛʁ kə fu/ Audio: LL-Q150 (fra)-Lyokoï-faire que fou.wav [France, Lyon], LL-Q150 (fra)-WikiLucas00-faire que fou.wav [France, Lyon], LL-Q150 (fra)-Jérémy-Günther-Heinz Jähnick-faire que fou.wav [France] (note: Somain) Forms: faire que fol [alternative]
Etymology: Ellipsis of faire (ce) que fou (ferait) (“to do what a madman would do, to act as a madman would”). Etymology templates: {{ety|fr|:ellipsis|faire (ce) que fou (ferait)<t:to do what a madman would do, to act as a madman would>}} [Appendix:Glossary#ellipsis|Ellipsis]] of", "terms" : [ { "gloss" : "to do what a madman would do, to act as a madman would", "children" : [ ], "lang_name" : "French", "term" : "faire (ce) que fou (ferait)", "status" : "missing", "lang" : "fr" } ], "keyword" : "ellipsis" } ], "lang_name" : "French", "term" : "faire que fou", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "fr" }" data-lang="fr" data-title="faire que fou">, {{ellipsis|fr|faire (ce) que fou (ferait)||to do what a madman would do, to act as a madman would}} Ellipsis of faire (ce) que fou (ferait) (“to do what a madman would do, to act as a madman would”) Head templates: {{fr-verb}} faire que fou
  1. (literary) to act like a madman, to act crazy Tags: literary Related terms: faire que sage
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