"Foucault" meaning in All languages combined

See Foucault on Wiktionary

Proper name [English]

Forms: Foucaults [plural]
Etymology: Borrowed from French Foucault. Etymology templates: {{bor|en|fr|Foucault}} French Foucault Head templates: {{en-proper noun|~|s}} Foucault (countable and uncountable, plural Foucaults)
  1. A surname from French.
    Michel Foucault
    Tags: countable, uncountable Derived forms: Foucauldian, Foucault's pendulum
    Sense id: en-Foucault-en-name-SFp6D4Je Categories (other): English surnames
  2. A surname from French.
    Jean Bernard Léon Foucault, French physicist (1819–1868)
    Tags: countable, uncountable
    Sense id: en-Foucault-en-name-OIgP9Q6W Categories (other): English surnames, English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 3 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 43 57 Disambiguation of Pages with 3 entries: 23 30 7 20 20 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 22 29 5 22 23

Proper name [French]

IPA: /fu.ko/
Head templates: {{fr-proper noun|g=mf}} Foucault m or f
  1. a surname Tags: feminine, masculine
    Sense id: en-Foucault-fr-name-v2O7m9sM Categories (other): French surnames
  2. (physics) the French physicist Jean Bernard Léon Foucault Tags: feminine, masculine Categories (topical): Physics
    Sense id: en-Foucault-fr-name-DbwVkMdI Categories (other): French entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of French entries with incorrect language header: 7 46 47 Topics: natural-sciences, physical-sciences, physics
  3. (philosophy) the French philosopher Michel Foucault Tags: feminine, masculine Categories (topical): Philosophy Derived forms: courant de Foucault
    Sense id: en-Foucault-fr-name-UeVds7O2 Categories (other): French entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of French entries with incorrect language header: 7 46 47 Topics: human-sciences, philosophy, sciences

Proper name [Italian]

IPA: /fuˈko/
Rhymes: -o Head templates: {{it-proper noun|mfbysense}} Foucault m or f by sense
  1. A surname in French Tags: by-personal-gender, feminine, masculine

Inflected forms

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