"boutefeu" meaning in French

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Noun

IPA: /but.fø/ Audio: LL-Q150 (fra)-Lepticed7-boutefeu.wav Forms: boutefeux [plural]
Etymology: From bouter le feu. Head templates: {{fr-noun|m|boutefeux}} boutefeu m (plural boutefeux)
  1. linstock (stick for lighting cannon) Tags: masculine
    Sense id: en-boutefeu-fr-noun-lzLDA0c- Categories (other): French entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of French entries with incorrect language header: 27 8 33 5 27
  2. (by extension) gunner Tags: broadly, masculine
    Sense id: en-boutefeu-fr-noun-d8ZpFkw3
  3. fire-starter, arsonist Tags: masculine
    Sense id: en-boutefeu-fr-noun-xXDPiJ5r Categories (other): French entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of French entries with incorrect language header: 27 8 33 5 27
  4. (figurative) incendiary, firebrand Tags: figuratively, masculine
    Sense id: en-boutefeu-fr-noun-ZFy5cBOZ
  5. (mining) blaster, shotfirer (person in charge of detonating explosives) Tags: masculine Categories (topical): Mining
    Sense id: en-boutefeu-fr-noun-fF3J3Tdl Categories (other): French entries with incorrect language header, French verb-noun compounds Disambiguation of French entries with incorrect language header: 27 8 33 5 27 Disambiguation of French verb-noun compounds: 27 19 11 9 34 Topics: business, mining
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: boute-feu

Inflected forms

{
  "etymology_text": "From bouter le feu.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "boutefeux",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "m",
        "2": "boutefeux"
      },
      "expansion": "boutefeu m (plural boutefeux)",
      "name": "fr-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "French",
  "lang_code": "fr",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "27 8 33 5 27",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "French entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
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            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "linstock (stick for lighting cannon)"
      ],
      "id": "en-boutefeu-fr-noun-lzLDA0c-",
      "links": [
        [
          "linstock",
          "linstock"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "gunner"
      ],
      "id": "en-boutefeu-fr-noun-d8ZpFkw3",
      "links": [
        [
          "gunner",
          "gunner"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(by extension) gunner"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "broadly",
        "masculine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "27 8 33 5 27",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "French entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "fire-starter, arsonist"
      ],
      "id": "en-boutefeu-fr-noun-xXDPiJ5r",
      "links": [
        [
          "fire",
          "fire"
        ],
        [
          "starter",
          "starter"
        ],
        [
          "arsonist",
          "arsonist"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1972, Georges Brassens (lyrics and music), “Mourir pour des idées”, in Fernande:",
          "text": "O vous, les boutefeux, ô vous les bons apôtres / Mourez donc les premiers, nous vous cédons le pas / Mais de grâce, morbleu ! laissez vivre les autres !",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "incendiary, firebrand"
      ],
      "id": "en-boutefeu-fr-noun-ZFy5cBOZ",
      "links": [
        [
          "incendiary",
          "incendiary"
        ],
        [
          "firebrand",
          "firebrand"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(figurative) incendiary, firebrand"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "figuratively",
        "masculine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "fr",
          "name": "Mining",
          "orig": "fr:Mining",
          "parents": [
            "Industries",
            "Business",
            "Economics",
            "Society",
            "Social sciences",
            "All topics",
            "Sciences",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "27 8 33 5 27",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "French entries with incorrect language header",
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            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
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        },
        {
          "_dis": "27 19 11 9 34",
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          "parents": [
            "Verb-noun compounds",
            "Verb-object compounds",
            "Compound terms",
            "Terms by etymology"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "blaster, shotfirer (person in charge of detonating explosives)"
      ],
      "id": "en-boutefeu-fr-noun-fF3J3Tdl",
      "links": [
        [
          "mining",
          "mining#Noun"
        ],
        [
          "blaster",
          "blaster"
        ],
        [
          "shotfirer",
          "shotfirer"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(mining) blaster, shotfirer (person in charge of detonating explosives)"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "business",
        "mining"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "ipa": "/but.fø/"
    },
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    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
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      "word": "boute-feu"
    }
  ],
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}
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    "French countable nouns",
    "French entries with incorrect language header",
    "French lemmas",
    "French masculine nouns",
    "French nouns",
    "French terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "French verb-noun compounds",
    "Pages with 2 entries",
    "Pages with entries"
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From bouter le feu.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "boutefeux",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "m",
        "2": "boutefeux"
      },
      "expansion": "boutefeu m (plural boutefeux)",
      "name": "fr-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "French",
  "lang_code": "fr",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "linstock (stick for lighting cannon)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "linstock",
          "linstock"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "gunner"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "gunner",
          "gunner"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(by extension) gunner"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "broadly",
        "masculine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "fire-starter, arsonist"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "fire",
          "fire"
        ],
        [
          "starter",
          "starter"
        ],
        [
          "arsonist",
          "arsonist"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "French terms with quotations",
        "Requests for translations of French quotations"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1972, Georges Brassens (lyrics and music), “Mourir pour des idées”, in Fernande:",
          "text": "O vous, les boutefeux, ô vous les bons apôtres / Mourez donc les premiers, nous vous cédons le pas / Mais de grâce, morbleu ! laissez vivre les autres !",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "incendiary, firebrand"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "incendiary",
          "incendiary"
        ],
        [
          "firebrand",
          "firebrand"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(figurative) incendiary, firebrand"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "figuratively",
        "masculine"
      ]
    },
    {
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        "fr:Mining"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "blaster, shotfirer (person in charge of detonating explosives)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "mining",
          "mining#Noun"
        ],
        [
          "blaster",
          "blaster"
        ],
        [
          "shotfirer",
          "shotfirer"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(mining) blaster, shotfirer (person in charge of detonating explosives)"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "business",
        "mining"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
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      "ipa": "/but.fø/"
    },
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    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "word": "boute-feu"
    }
  ],
  "word": "boutefeu"
}

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