"fouet" meaning in French

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Noun

IPA: /fwɛ/, /fwa/ Audio: Fr-fouet.ogg Forms: fouets [plural]
Etymology: From Middle French fouet, diminutive in -et of Old French fou (“beech”), from Latin fagus. Since the morpheme boundary was no longer felt in Middle French, [u.ɛ] was contracted to [wɛ] and this later developed regularly to [wa] (as it did in oi, oe). The contemporary pronunciation was reinforced by the spelling and the desire to distinguish from foi, foie and fois. Etymology templates: {{inh|fr|frm|fouet}} Middle French fouet, {{der|fr|fro|fou||beech}} Old French fou (“beech”), {{der|fr|la|fagus}} Latin fagus Head templates: {{fr-noun|m}} fouet m (plural fouets)
  1. whip (tool) Tags: masculine
    Sense id: en-fouet-fr-noun-pLxT2O1A
  2. (cooking) whisk Tags: masculine Categories (topical): Cooking
    Sense id: en-fouet-fr-noun-GTEic~TA Topics: cooking, food, lifestyle
  3. (zoology) tip Tags: masculine Categories (topical): Zoology
    Sense id: en-fouet-fr-noun-lzgBh6h4 Categories (other): French entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 3 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of French entries with incorrect language header: 3 41 56 Disambiguation of Pages with 3 entries: 7 27 66 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 6 21 73 Topics: biology, natural-sciences, zoology
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: coup de fouet, fouetter, de plein fouet

Inflected forms

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    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "coup de fouet"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
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    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "de plein fouet"
    }
  ],
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    {
      "depth": 1,
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        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ca",
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            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Catalan: fuet\n→ English: fuet\n→ Spanish: fuet",
          "name": "desctree"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Catalan: fuet\n→ English: fuet\n→ Spanish: fuet"
    },
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      "depth": 1,
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        {
          "args": {
            "1": "it",
            "2": "fuetto",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Italian: fuetto",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Italian: fuetto"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "pt",
            "2": "fuê",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Portuguese: fuê",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Portuguese: fuê"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fr",
        "2": "frm",
        "3": "fouet"
      },
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      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
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        "2": "fro",
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        "4": "",
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      "name": "der"
    },
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      "args": {
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        "2": "la",
        "3": "fagus"
      },
      "expansion": "Latin fagus",
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    }
  ],
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    {
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      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    }
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      ],
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            "Fundamental"
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          "whisk"
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          "name": "Zoology",
          "orig": "fr:Zoology",
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            "Sciences",
            "All topics",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "3 41 56",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "French entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
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        },
        {
          "_dis": "7 27 66",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 3 entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "6 21 73",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
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      ],
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      ],
      "id": "en-fouet-fr-noun-lzgBh6h4",
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          "zoology",
          "zoology"
        ],
        [
          "tip",
          "tip"
        ]
      ],
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        "(zoology) tip"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "biology",
        "natural-sciences",
        "zoology"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "ipa": "/fwɛ/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/fwa/"
    },
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      "audio": "Fr-fouet.ogg",
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    }
  ],
  "word": "fouet"
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    "French countable nouns",
    "French entries with incorrect language header",
    "French lemmas",
    "French masculine nouns",
    "French nouns",
    "French terms derived from Latin",
    "French terms derived from Middle French",
    "French terms derived from Old French",
    "French terms inherited from Middle French",
    "French terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "Pages with 3 entries",
    "Pages with entries"
  ],
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    {
      "word": "coup de fouet"
    },
    {
      "word": "fouetter"
    },
    {
      "word": "de plein fouet"
    }
  ],
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      "depth": 1,
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        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ca",
            "2": "fuet",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Catalan: fuet\n→ English: fuet\n→ Spanish: fuet",
          "name": "desctree"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Catalan: fuet\n→ English: fuet\n→ Spanish: fuet"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
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            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Italian: fuetto",
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        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Italian: fuetto"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "pt",
            "2": "fuê",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Portuguese: fuê",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Portuguese: fuê"
    }
  ],
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      },
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      "args": {
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        "2": "fro",
        "3": "fou",
        "4": "",
        "5": "beech"
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      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
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        "2": "la",
        "3": "fagus"
      },
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      "name": "der"
    }
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        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    }
  ],
  "lang": "French",
  "lang_code": "fr",
  "pos": "noun",
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    {
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        "whip (tool)"
      ],
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        [
          "whip",
          "whip"
        ]
      ],
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        "masculine"
      ]
    },
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        "(cooking) whisk"
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        "masculine"
      ],
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        "cooking",
        "food",
        "lifestyle"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "fr:Zoology"
      ],
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        "tip"
      ],
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        [
          "zoology",
          "zoology"
        ],
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          "tip",
          "tip"
        ]
      ],
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        "(zoology) tip"
      ],
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        "masculine"
      ],
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        "biology",
        "natural-sciences",
        "zoology"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "ipa": "/fwɛ/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/fwa/"
    },
    {
      "audio": "Fr-fouet.ogg",
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      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/cd/Fr-fouet.ogg"
    }
  ],
  "word": "fouet"
}

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