"enfer" meaning in French

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Noun

IPA: /ɑ̃.fɛʁ/ Audio: LL-Q150 (fra)-Benoît Prieur-enfer.wav Forms: enfers [plural]
Rhymes: -ɛʁ Etymology: Inherited from Old French enfer, from Latin īnfernus. Etymology templates: {{glossary|Inherited}} Inherited, {{inh|fr|fro|enfer|||g=|g2=|g3=|id=|lit=|nocat=|pos=|sc=|sort=|tr=|ts=}} Old French enfer, {{inh+|fr|fro|enfer}} Inherited from Old French enfer, {{inh|fr|la|īnfernus}} Latin īnfernus Head templates: {{fr-noun|m}} enfer m (plural enfers)
  1. Hell Tags: masculine Categories (topical): Afterlife, Death
    Sense id: en-enfer-fr-noun-jVhvi2Df Disambiguation of Afterlife: 99 1 Disambiguation of Death: 100 0 Categories (other): French entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of French entries with incorrect language header: 85 15 Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 90 10 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 90 10
  2. (by extension) hell (a very uncomfortable situation) Tags: broadly, masculine
    Sense id: en-enfer-fr-noun-1PhJ1f17
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: croix de bois, croix de fer, si je mens, je vais en enfer, descente aux enfers Related terms: infernal

Inflected forms

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      "word": "paradis"
    }
  ],
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    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "croix de bois, croix de fer, si je mens, je vais en enfer"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "descente aux enfers"
    }
  ],
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        "4": "",
        "5": "",
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        "lit": "",
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        "tr": "",
        "ts": ""
      },
      "expansion": "Old French enfer",
      "name": "inh"
    },
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        "3": "enfer"
      },
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    },
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      },
      "expansion": "Latin īnfernus",
      "name": "inh"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Inherited from Old French enfer, from Latin īnfernus.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "enfers",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
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      "args": {
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      "expansion": "enfer m (plural enfers)",
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  "lang": "French",
  "lang_code": "fr",
  "pos": "noun",
  "related": [
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      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "infernal"
    }
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          "_dis": "85 15",
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        {
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        },
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          "langcode": "fr",
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            "Philosophy",
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            "Body",
            "Life",
            "Culture",
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            "Nature",
            "Society",
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        {
          "ref": "2021, Angèle, Démons:",
          "text": "Comme un ange en enfer, j’oublie mon nom.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
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        "Hell"
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      ]
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      ],
      "tags": [
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      ]
    }
  ],
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    },
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    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ɛʁ"
    }
  ],
  "word": "enfer"
}
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      "word": "paradis"
    }
  ],
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    "French countable nouns",
    "French entries with incorrect language header",
    "French lemmas",
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    "French nouns",
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    "French terms derived from Old French",
    "French terms inherited from Latin",
    "French terms inherited from Old French",
    "French terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "Pages with 2 entries",
    "Pages with entries",
    "Rhymes:French/ɛʁ",
    "Rhymes:French/ɛʁ/2 syllables",
    "fr:Afterlife",
    "fr:Death"
  ],
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    {
      "word": "croix de bois, croix de fer, si je mens, je vais en enfer"
    },
    {
      "word": "descente aux enfers"
    }
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        "lit": "",
        "nocat": "",
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        "ts": ""
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    },
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      },
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    }
  ],
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    {
      "form": "enfers",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
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      "expansion": "enfer m (plural enfers)",
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  ],
  "lang": "French",
  "lang_code": "fr",
  "pos": "noun",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "infernal"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
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        "French terms with quotations",
        "Quotation templates to be cleaned",
        "Requests for translations of French quotations"
      ],
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          "ref": "2021, Angèle, Démons:",
          "text": "Comme un ange en enfer, j’oublie mon nom.",
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        }
      ],
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        "Hell"
      ],
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        ]
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      ]
    },
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      ],
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          "hell",
          "hell"
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        "(by extension) hell (a very uncomfortable situation)"
      ],
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        "masculine"
      ]
    }
  ],
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      "ipa": "/ɑ̃.fɛʁ/"
    },
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      "audio": "LL-Q150 (fra)-Benoît Prieur-enfer.wav",
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    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ɛʁ"
    }
  ],
  "word": "enfer"
}

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