"falot" meaning in French

See falot in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

IPA: /fa.lo/ Forms: falote [feminine], falots [masculine, plural], falotes [feminine, plural]
Etymology: Borrowed from Italian falò, ultimately from Ancient Greek φανός (phanós). Etymology templates: {{bor+|fr|it|falò}} Borrowed from Italian falò, {{der|fr|grc|φανός}} Ancient Greek φανός (phanós) Head templates: {{fr-adj}} falot (feminine falote, masculine plural falots, feminine plural falotes)
  1. dull, spineless
    Sense id: en-falot-fr-adj-Md2mRulx
  2. droll
    Sense id: en-falot-fr-adj-C5QQdMDZ Categories (other): French entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Light sources Disambiguation of French entries with incorrect language header: 20 71 9 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 18 82 0 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 9 91 0 Disambiguation of Light sources: 6 94 0

Noun

IPA: /fa.lo/ Forms: falots [plural]
Etymology: Borrowed from Italian falò, ultimately from Ancient Greek φανός (phanós). Etymology templates: {{bor+|fr|it|falò}} Borrowed from Italian falò, {{der|fr|grc|φανός}} Ancient Greek φανός (phanós) Head templates: {{fr-noun|m}} falot m (plural falots)
  1. lantern Tags: masculine
    Sense id: en-falot-fr-noun-xSILPEJm

Inflected forms

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