"fief" meaning in French

See fief in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /fjɛf/ Audio: LL-Q150 (fra)-Lyokoï-franc-fief.wav Forms: fiefs [plural]
Etymology: From Old French fief, borrowed from Medieval Latin fevum, a variant of feudum, from Old Frankish *fehu (“cattle, livestock”), from Proto-Germanic *fehu (“cattle, sheep”), from Proto-Indo-European *peku-, *peḱu- (“sheep”). Cognate with Old High German fihu (“cattle, neat”), Old English feoh (“cattle, property, money”). More at fee. Etymology templates: {{uder|fr|fro|fief}} Old French fief, {{der|fr|frk|*fehu||cattle, livestock}} Frankish *fehu (“cattle, livestock”), {{uder|fr|gem-pro|*fehu||cattle, sheep}} Proto-Germanic *fehu (“cattle, sheep”), {{uder|fr|ine-pro|*peku-}} Proto-Indo-European *peku-, {{cog|goh|fihu||cattle, neat}} Old High German fihu (“cattle, neat”), {{cog|ang|feoh||cattle, property, money}} Old English feoh (“cattle, property, money”) Head templates: {{fr-noun|m}} fief m (plural fiefs)
  1. fief Tags: masculine
    Sense id: en-fief-fr-noun-mvmfsFiK
  2. (figurative) stronghold (district where a particular political party is usually assured of victory) Tags: figuratively, masculine
    Sense id: en-fief-fr-noun-aR9FKAEU Categories (other): French entries with incorrect language header, French undefined derivations Disambiguation of French entries with incorrect language header: 19 81 Disambiguation of French undefined derivations: 6 94
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: fieffer

Inflected forms

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