"flash" meaning in French

See flash in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /flɛʃ/ Audio: LL-Q150 (fra)-Benoît Prieur-flash.wav [France] (note: Saint-Maurice-de-Beynost), LL-Q150 (fra)-Lepticed7-flash.wav [France, Toulouse], LL-Q150 (fra)-Jérémy-Günther-Heinz Jähnick-flash.wav [France] (note: Somain) Forms: flashs [plural]
Etymology: Borrowed from English flash. Etymology templates: {{ety|fr|:bor|en:flash}} [Appendix:Glossary#loanword|Borrowed]] from", "terms" : [ { "children" : [ ], "lang_name" : "English", "term" : "flash", "status" : "missing", "lang" : "en" } ], "keyword" : "bor" } ], "lang_name" : "French", "term" : "flash", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "fr" }" data-lang="fr" data-title="flash">, {{bor+|fr|en|flash}} Borrowed from English flash Head templates: {{fr-noun|m}} flash m (plural flashs)
  1. flash (burst of light) Tags: masculine
    Sense id: en-flash-fr-noun-m87I21N~
  2. (photography) flash Tags: masculine
    Sense id: en-flash-fr-noun-hR5DvUSi Categories (other): Photography Topics: arts, hobbies, lifestyle, photography
  3. newsflash Tags: masculine
    Sense id: en-flash-fr-noun-prOfqMt8
  4. (juggling) flash Tags: masculine
    Sense id: en-flash-fr-noun-hR5DvUSi1 Categories (other): Juggling, French entries referencing missing etymons, French entries with incorrect language header, Pages using etymon with no ID Disambiguation of French entries referencing missing etymons: 5 36 6 53 Disambiguation of French entries with incorrect language header: 2 40 3 55 Disambiguation of Pages using etymon with no ID: 6 34 7 53 Topics: arts, hobbies, juggling, lifestyle, performing-arts, sports
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: flasher

Inflected forms

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