"coup de foudre" meaning in French

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Noun

IPA: /ku d(ə) fudʁ/ Forms: coups de foudre [plural]
Head templates: {{fr-noun|m}} coup de foudre m (plural coups de foudre)
  1. lightning strike, thunderbolt Tags: masculine
    Sense id: en-coup_de_foudre-fr-noun-lU1vDEkM
  2. (figuratively) love at first sight Tags: figuratively, masculine Categories (topical): Love
    Sense id: en-coup_de_foudre-fr-noun-ARFbfs7m Disambiguation of Love: 13 87 Categories (other): French entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of French entries with incorrect language header: 17 83

Inflected forms

Download JSON data for coup de foudre meaning in French (1.4kB)

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