"feu follet" meaning in French

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Noun

IPA: /fø fɔ.lɛ/ Forms: feux follets [plural]
Etymology: From feu (“fire”) + follet (“sprite”). Etymology templates: {{af|fr|feu|follet|t1=fire|t2=sprite}} feu (“fire”) + follet (“sprite”) Head templates: {{fr-noun|m|feux follets}} feu follet m (plural feux follets)
  1. atmospheric ghost light Tags: masculine Synonyms: flammerole
    Sense id: en-feu_follet-fr-noun-sC9Y4a8E
  2. (folklore) will-o'-the-wisp Tags: masculine Categories (topical): Fire, Mythological creatures
    Sense id: en-feu_follet-fr-noun-ucmYXrKa Disambiguation of Fire: 42 58 Disambiguation of Mythological creatures: 7 93 Categories (other): French entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of French entries with incorrect language header: 12 88 Topics: arts, folklore, history, human-sciences, literature, media, publishing, sciences

Inflected forms

Download JSON data for feu follet meaning in French (1.8kB)

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