"follet" meaning in French

See follet in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

IPA: /fɔ.lɛ/ Audio: LL-Q150 (fra)-Lepticed7-follet.wav , LL-Q150 (fra)-LoquaxFR-follet.wav Forms: follette [feminine], follets [masculine, plural], follettes [feminine, plural]
Etymology: From folle. Head templates: {{fr-adj}} follet (feminine follette, masculine plural follets, feminine plural follettes)
  1. scatterbrained
    Sense id: en-follet-fr-adj-3ow-yhJ5 Categories (other): Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries, French entries with incorrect language header, Personality Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 15 4 62 4 14 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 9 3 78 2 8 Disambiguation of French entries with incorrect language header: 65 9 26 Disambiguation of Personality: 100 0 0
  2. manic, irregular
    Sense id: en-follet-fr-adj-vIS6fEVh

Noun

IPA: /fɔ.lɛ/ Audio: LL-Q150 (fra)-Lepticed7-follet.wav , LL-Q150 (fra)-LoquaxFR-follet.wav Forms: follets [plural]
Etymology: From folle. Head templates: {{fr-noun|m}} follet m (plural follets)
  1. (archaic) sprite, goblin Tags: archaic, masculine Derived forms: feu follet
    Sense id: en-follet-fr-noun-ANDA4r2o

Inflected forms

{
  "etymology_text": "From folle.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "follets",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "m"
      },
      "expansion": "follet m (plural follets)",
      "name": "fr-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "French",
  "lang_code": "fr",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [],
      "derived": [
        {
          "word": "feu follet"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "sprite, goblin"
      ],
      "id": "en-follet-fr-noun-ANDA4r2o",
      "links": [
        [
          "sprite",
          "sprite"
        ],
        [
          "goblin",
          "goblin"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(archaic) sprite, goblin"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "archaic",
        "masculine"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/fɔ.lɛ/"
    },
    {
      "audio": "LL-Q150 (fra)-Lepticed7-follet.wav",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/2/23/LL-Q150_%28fra%29-Lepticed7-follet.wav/LL-Q150_%28fra%29-Lepticed7-follet.wav.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/2/23/LL-Q150_%28fra%29-Lepticed7-follet.wav/LL-Q150_%28fra%29-Lepticed7-follet.wav.ogg"
    },
    {
      "audio": "LL-Q150 (fra)-LoquaxFR-follet.wav",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/1/1f/LL-Q150_%28fra%29-LoquaxFR-follet.wav/LL-Q150_%28fra%29-LoquaxFR-follet.wav.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/1/1f/LL-Q150_%28fra%29-LoquaxFR-follet.wav/LL-Q150_%28fra%29-LoquaxFR-follet.wav.ogg"
    }
  ],
  "word": "follet"
}

{
  "etymology_text": "From folle.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "follette",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "follets",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "follettes",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "follet (feminine follette, masculine plural follets, feminine plural follettes)",
      "name": "fr-adj"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "French",
  "lang_code": "fr",
  "pos": "adj",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "15 4 62 4 14",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 2 entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "9 3 78 2 8",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "65 9 26",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "French entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "100 0 0",
          "kind": "other",
          "langcode": "fr",
          "name": "Personality",
          "orig": "fr:Personality",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "scatterbrained"
      ],
      "id": "en-follet-fr-adj-3ow-yhJ5",
      "links": [
        [
          "scatterbrained",
          "scatterbrained"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "manic, irregular"
      ],
      "id": "en-follet-fr-adj-vIS6fEVh",
      "links": [
        [
          "manic",
          "manic"
        ],
        [
          "irregular",
          "irregular"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/fɔ.lɛ/"
    },
    {
      "audio": "LL-Q150 (fra)-Lepticed7-follet.wav",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/2/23/LL-Q150_%28fra%29-Lepticed7-follet.wav/LL-Q150_%28fra%29-Lepticed7-follet.wav.mp3",
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    },
    {
      "audio": "LL-Q150 (fra)-LoquaxFR-follet.wav",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/1/1f/LL-Q150_%28fra%29-LoquaxFR-follet.wav/LL-Q150_%28fra%29-LoquaxFR-follet.wav.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/1/1f/LL-Q150_%28fra%29-LoquaxFR-follet.wav/LL-Q150_%28fra%29-LoquaxFR-follet.wav.ogg"
    }
  ],
  "word": "follet"
}
{
  "categories": [
    "French 2-syllable words",
    "French adjectives",
    "French countable nouns",
    "French entries with incorrect language header",
    "French lemmas",
    "French masculine nouns",
    "French nouns",
    "French terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "Pages with 2 entries",
    "Pages with entries",
    "fr:Personality"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "feu follet"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From folle.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "follets",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "m"
      },
      "expansion": "follet m (plural follets)",
      "name": "fr-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "French",
  "lang_code": "fr",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "French terms with archaic senses"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "sprite, goblin"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "sprite",
          "sprite"
        ],
        [
          "goblin",
          "goblin"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(archaic) sprite, goblin"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "archaic",
        "masculine"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/fɔ.lɛ/"
    },
    {
      "audio": "LL-Q150 (fra)-Lepticed7-follet.wav",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/2/23/LL-Q150_%28fra%29-Lepticed7-follet.wav/LL-Q150_%28fra%29-Lepticed7-follet.wav.mp3",
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    },
    {
      "audio": "LL-Q150 (fra)-LoquaxFR-follet.wav",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/1/1f/LL-Q150_%28fra%29-LoquaxFR-follet.wav/LL-Q150_%28fra%29-LoquaxFR-follet.wav.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/1/1f/LL-Q150_%28fra%29-LoquaxFR-follet.wav/LL-Q150_%28fra%29-LoquaxFR-follet.wav.ogg"
    }
  ],
  "word": "follet"
}

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    "French 2-syllable words",
    "French adjectives",
    "French countable nouns",
    "French entries with incorrect language header",
    "French lemmas",
    "French masculine nouns",
    "French nouns",
    "French terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "Pages with 2 entries",
    "Pages with entries",
    "fr:Personality"
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From folle.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "follette",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "follets",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "follettes",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "follet (feminine follette, masculine plural follets, feminine plural follettes)",
      "name": "fr-adj"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "French",
  "lang_code": "fr",
  "pos": "adj",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "scatterbrained"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "scatterbrained",
          "scatterbrained"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "manic, irregular"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "manic",
          "manic"
        ],
        [
          "irregular",
          "irregular"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/fɔ.lɛ/"
    },
    {
      "audio": "LL-Q150 (fra)-Lepticed7-follet.wav",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/2/23/LL-Q150_%28fra%29-Lepticed7-follet.wav/LL-Q150_%28fra%29-Lepticed7-follet.wav.mp3",
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    },
    {
      "audio": "LL-Q150 (fra)-LoquaxFR-follet.wav",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/1/1f/LL-Q150_%28fra%29-LoquaxFR-follet.wav/LL-Q150_%28fra%29-LoquaxFR-follet.wav.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/1/1f/LL-Q150_%28fra%29-LoquaxFR-follet.wav/LL-Q150_%28fra%29-LoquaxFR-follet.wav.ogg"
    }
  ],
  "word": "follet"
}

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