"fourre-tout" meaning in French

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Noun

IPA: /fuʁ.tu/ Audio: LL-Q150 (fra)-LoquaxFR-fourre-tout.wav Forms: fourre-tout [plural]
Etymology: Compound of fourrer + tout. Etymology templates: {{af|fr|fourrer|tout}} fourrer + tout Head templates: {{fr-noun|m|#}} fourre-tout m (plural fourre-tout)
  1. (derogatory) catch-all Tags: derogatory, masculine Categories (topical): Bags
    Sense id: en-fourre-tout-fr-noun-Gv9TotXs Disambiguation of Bags: 40 13 47 Categories (other): French entries with incorrect language header, French verb-noun compounds, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of French entries with incorrect language header: 67 20 12 Disambiguation of French verb-noun compounds: 84 8 8 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 82 12 6 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 86 10 4
  2. (derogatory) ragbag, hodgepodge Tags: derogatory, masculine Categories (topical): Bags
    Sense id: en-fourre-tout-fr-noun-cpxmydiY Disambiguation of Bags: 40 13 47
  3. holdall (UK), carryall (US) Tags: masculine Categories (topical): Bags
    Sense id: en-fourre-tout-fr-noun-f95p38lD Disambiguation of Bags: 40 13 47
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