"fusil" meaning in French

See fusil in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /fy.zi/ Audio: Fr-fusil.ogg , LL-Q150 (fra)-Bananax47-fusil.wav , LL-Q150 (fra)-DSwissK-fusil.wav , LL-Q150 (fra)-Lepticed7-fusil.wav , LL-Q150 (fra)-LoquaxFR-fusil.wav , LL-Q150 (fra)-Poslovitch-fusil.wav , LL-Q150 (fra)-WikiLucas00-fusil.wav Forms: fusils [plural]
Etymology: From Old French fuisil, foisil, from Vulgar Latin *focīlis (petra), from Latin focus. Compare Italian fucile. Etymology templates: {{uder|fr|fro|fuisil}} Old French fuisil, {{uder|fr|la-vul|-}} Vulgar Latin, {{uder|fr|la|focus}} Latin focus, {{cog|it|fucile}} Italian fucile Head templates: {{fr-noun|m}} fusil m (plural fusils)
  1. rifle, gun Tags: masculine
    Sense id: en-fusil-fr-noun-c-fK7yL6 Categories (other): French entries with incorrect language header, French undefined derivations, Firearms Disambiguation of French entries with incorrect language header: 74 26 Disambiguation of French undefined derivations: 69 31 Disambiguation of Firearms: 94 6
  2. steel to strike sparks from a flint (pierre à fusil) Tags: masculine
    Sense id: en-fusil-fr-noun-RlRWqsaW
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated

Inflected forms

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      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "changer son fusil d'épaule"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "coup de fusil"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "en chien de fusil"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "fusil à canon scié"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "fusil d'assaut"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "fusil de chasse"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "fusil-mitrailleur"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "fusilier"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "fusillade"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "fusiller"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "la fleur au fusil"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "pierre à fusil"
    }
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    },
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    },
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    "French terms derived from Old French",
    "French terms derived from Vulgar Latin",
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      "word": "changer son fusil d'épaule"
    },
    {
      "word": "coup de fusil"
    },
    {
      "word": "en chien de fusil"
    },
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      "word": "fusil à canon scié"
    },
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    },
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    },
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    },
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    },
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    },
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    },
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      "word": "la fleur au fusil"
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