"Foucault" meaning in English

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Proper name

Forms: Foucaults [plural]
Etymology: Borrowed from French Foucault. Etymology templates: {{ety|en|:bor|fr:Foucault|text=+|tree=1}} [Appendix:Glossary#loanword|Borrowed]] from", "terms" : [ { "children" : [ ], "lang_name" : "French", "term" : "Foucault", "status" : "missing", "lang" : "fr" } ], "keyword" : "bor" } ], "lang_name" : "English", "term" : "Foucault", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "en" }" data-lang="en" data-title="Foucault"> Borrowed from 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 current, Foucault's pendulum
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  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 referencing missing etymons, English entries with etymology texts, English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 3 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries referencing missing etymons: 47 53 Disambiguation of English entries with etymology texts: 47 53 Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 45 55 Disambiguation of Pages with 3 entries: 32 27 7 18 16 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 28 27 4 21 20

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