"madré" meaning in All languages combined

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Adjective [French]

IPA: /ma.dʁe/ Audio: LL-Q150 (fra)-Pamputt-madré.wav [France] (note: Brétigny-sur-Orge) Forms: madrée [feminine], madrés [masculine, plural], madrées [feminine, plural]
Etymology: From Middle French madré. By surface analysis, madre (“veined wood”) + -é. Etymology templates: {{ety|fr|:inh|frm:madré}} [Appendix:Glossary#inherited|Inherited]] from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "lang_name" : "French", "term" : "madré", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "fr" }" data-lang="fr" data-title="madré">, {{inh|fr|frm|madré}} Middle French madré, {{surf|fr|madre<t:veined wood>|-é<id:adjective>}} By surface analysis, madre (“veined wood”) + -é Head templates: {{fr-adj}} madré (feminine madrée, masculine plural madrés, feminine plural madrées)
  1. (figurative) crafty, sly Tags: figuratively Synonyms: rusé
    Sense id: en-madré-fr-adj-9K4enmwR Categories (other): French terms suffixed with -é (adjective) Disambiguation of French terms suffixed with -é (adjective): 26 39 35
  2. (rare, of wood) mottled, veined Tags: rare
    Sense id: en-madré-fr-adj-ICT8Zb4h Categories (other): French terms suffixed with -é (adjective) Disambiguation of French terms suffixed with -é (adjective): 26 39 35
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: madrerie [feminine, noun], madrure [feminine, noun]
Categories (other): People Disambiguation of People: 0 0 0

Noun [French]

IPA: /ma.dʁe/ Audio: LL-Q150 (fra)-Pamputt-madré.wav [France] (note: Brétigny-sur-Orge) Forms: madrés [plural]
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  1. crafty fox, sly dog (person) Tags: masculine
    Sense id: en-madré-fr-noun-UqJrxu1g Categories (other): French entries referencing missing etymons, French entries with etymon, French entries with incorrect language header, French terms suffixed with -é (adjective), Pages using etymon with no ID, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Pages with etymon Disambiguation of French entries referencing missing etymons: 18 10 72 Disambiguation of French entries with etymon: 16 10 74 Disambiguation of French entries with incorrect language header: 24 6 70 Disambiguation of French terms suffixed with -é (adjective): 26 39 35 Disambiguation of Pages using etymon with no ID: 17 10 73 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 8 5 88 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 24 3 73 Disambiguation of Pages with etymon: 14 8 77
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Categories (other): People Disambiguation of People: 0 0 0

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