"éventail" meaning in French

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Noun

IPA: /e.vɑ̃.taj/ Audio: Fr-Paris--éventail.ogg Forms: éventails [plural]
Etymology: From éventer (“to ventilate”) + -ail. For the figurative meaning, compare Polish wachlarz. Etymology templates: {{af|fr|éventer|-ail|gloss1=to ventilate}} éventer (“to ventilate”) + -ail, {{cog|pl|wachlarz}} Polish wachlarz Head templates: {{fr-noun|m}} éventail m (plural éventails)
  1. fan (hand-held device) Tags: masculine
    Sense id: en-éventail-fr-noun-6zBsYBjp Categories (other): French entries with incorrect language header, French terms suffixed with -ail, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of French entries with incorrect language header: 58 42 Disambiguation of French terms suffixed with -ail: 80 20 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 87 13 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 94 6
  2. (figurative) range, array Tags: figuratively, masculine
    Sense id: en-éventail-fr-noun-Zb1ggm85 Categories (other): French terms with collocations
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: avoir les doigts de pied en éventail

Inflected forms

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  "derived": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "avoir les doigts de pied en éventail"
    }
  ],
  "descendants": [
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "it",
            "2": "ventaglio",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Italian: ventaglio",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Italian: ventaglio"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "oc",
            "2": "ventalh",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Occitan: ventalh",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Occitan: ventalh"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ro",
            "2": "evantai",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Romanian: evantai",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Romanian: evantai"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fr",
        "2": "éventer",
        "3": "-ail",
        "gloss1": "to ventilate"
      },
      "expansion": "éventer (“to ventilate”) + -ail",
      "name": "af"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "pl",
        "2": "wachlarz"
      },
      "expansion": "Polish wachlarz",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From éventer (“to ventilate”) + -ail. For the figurative meaning, compare Polish wachlarz.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "éventails",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "m"
      },
      "expansion": "éventail m (plural éventails)",
      "name": "fr-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "French",
  "lang_code": "fr",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "58 42",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "French entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "80 20",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "French terms suffixed with -ail",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "87 13",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "94 6",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "fan (hand-held device)"
      ],
      "id": "en-éventail-fr-noun-6zBsYBjp",
      "links": [
        [
          "fan",
          "fan"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "French terms with collocations",
          "parents": [
            "Terms with collocations",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "un éventail de possibilités",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "range, array"
      ],
      "id": "en-éventail-fr-noun-Zb1ggm85",
      "links": [
        [
          "range",
          "range"
        ],
        [
          "array",
          "array"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(figurative) range, array"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "figuratively",
        "masculine"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/e.vɑ̃.taj/"
    },
    {
      "audio": "Fr-Paris--éventail.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/6/6d/Fr-Paris--%C3%A9ventail.ogg/Fr-Paris--%C3%A9ventail.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/6d/Fr-Paris--%C3%A9ventail.ogg"
    }
  ],
  "word": "éventail"
}
{
  "categories": [
    "French 3-syllable words",
    "French countable nouns",
    "French entries with incorrect language header",
    "French lemmas",
    "French masculine nouns",
    "French nouns",
    "French terms suffixed with -ail",
    "French terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "Pages with 1 entry",
    "Pages with entries"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "avoir les doigts de pied en éventail"
    }
  ],
  "descendants": [
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "it",
            "2": "ventaglio",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Italian: ventaglio",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Italian: ventaglio"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "oc",
            "2": "ventalh",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Occitan: ventalh",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Occitan: ventalh"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ro",
            "2": "evantai",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Romanian: evantai",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Romanian: evantai"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fr",
        "2": "éventer",
        "3": "-ail",
        "gloss1": "to ventilate"
      },
      "expansion": "éventer (“to ventilate”) + -ail",
      "name": "af"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "pl",
        "2": "wachlarz"
      },
      "expansion": "Polish wachlarz",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From éventer (“to ventilate”) + -ail. For the figurative meaning, compare Polish wachlarz.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "éventails",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "m"
      },
      "expansion": "éventail m (plural éventails)",
      "name": "fr-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "French",
  "lang_code": "fr",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "fan (hand-held device)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "fan",
          "fan"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "French terms with collocations",
        "Requests for translations of French usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "un éventail de possibilités",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "range, array"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "range",
          "range"
        ],
        [
          "array",
          "array"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(figurative) range, array"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "figuratively",
        "masculine"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/e.vɑ̃.taj/"
    },
    {
      "audio": "Fr-Paris--éventail.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/6/6d/Fr-Paris--%C3%A9ventail.ogg/Fr-Paris--%C3%A9ventail.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/6d/Fr-Paris--%C3%A9ventail.ogg"
    }
  ],
  "word": "éventail"
}

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