"flambeau" meaning in French

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      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "course aux flambeaux"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "passer le flambeau"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "reprendre le flambeau"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "retraite aux flambeaux"
    }
  ],
  "descendants": [
    {
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "lang_code": "nl",
      "raw_tags": [
        "borrowed"
      ],
      "word": "flambouw"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "lang_code": "es",
      "raw_tags": [
        "borrowed"
      ],
      "word": "flambó"
    }
  ],
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        "3": "-eau"
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      "expansion": "flambe + -eau",
      "name": "af"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From flambe + -eau.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "flambeaux",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
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        "1": "m"
      },
      "expansion": "flambeau m (plural flambeaux)",
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    }
  ],
  "lang": "French",
  "lang_code": "fr",
  "pos": "noun",
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              55,
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          ],
          "ref": "1857, Gustave Flaubert, Madame Bovary […] , Paris: Michel Lévy Frères:",
          "text": "Emma eût, au contraire, désiré se marier à minuit, aux flambeaux; mais le père Rouault ne comprit rien à cette idée.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "torch"
      ],
      "id": "en-flambeau-fr-noun-N79Rv7pG",
      "links": [
        [
          "torch",
          "torch"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "candle"
      ],
      "id": "en-flambeau-fr-noun-b6WZ~nsC",
      "links": [
        [
          "candle",
          "candle"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ]
    },
    {
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        {
          "_dis": "8 8 74 10",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "French entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "12 12 64 12",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "French terms suffixed with -eau",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "9 9 48 34",
          "kind": "other",
          "langcode": "fr",
          "name": "Light sources",
          "orig": "fr:Light sources",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "candlestick"
      ],
      "id": "en-flambeau-fr-noun-NjQzPrv4",
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          "candlestick",
          "candlestick"
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      "glosses": [
        "light, flame as symbolic spirit of something"
      ],
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        [
          "light",
          "light"
        ],
        [
          "spirit",
          "spirit"
        ]
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        "(metonymic) light, flame as symbolic spirit of something"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "metonymically"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "flambeau"
}

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    "French entries with incorrect language header",
    "French lemmas",
    "French masculine nouns",
    "French nouns",
    "French terms suffixed with -eau",
    "Pages with 2 entries",
    "Pages with entries",
    "fr:Light sources"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "course aux flambeaux"
    },
    {
      "word": "passer le flambeau"
    },
    {
      "word": "reprendre le flambeau"
    },
    {
      "word": "retraite aux flambeaux"
    }
  ],
  "descendants": [
    {
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "lang_code": "nl",
      "raw_tags": [
        "borrowed"
      ],
      "word": "flambouw"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "lang_code": "es",
      "raw_tags": [
        "borrowed"
      ],
      "word": "flambó"
    }
  ],
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      "name": "af"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From flambe + -eau.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "flambeaux",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
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      "expansion": "flambeau m (plural flambeaux)",
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  ],
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  "lang_code": "fr",
  "pos": "noun",
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          ],
          "ref": "1857, Gustave Flaubert, Madame Bovary […] , Paris: Michel Lévy Frères:",
          "text": "Emma eût, au contraire, désiré se marier à minuit, aux flambeaux; mais le père Rouault ne comprit rien à cette idée.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "torch"
      ],
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        [
          "torch",
          "torch"
        ]
      ],
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        "masculine"
      ]
    },
    {
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        "candle"
      ],
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        [
          "candle",
          "candle"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ]
    },
    {
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        "candlestick"
      ],
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        [
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          "candlestick"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ]
    },
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      ],
      "glosses": [
        "light, flame as symbolic spirit of something"
      ],
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        [
          "light",
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        ],
        [
          "spirit",
          "spirit"
        ]
      ],
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        "(metonymic) light, flame as symbolic spirit of something"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "metonymically"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "flambeau"
}