"vache folle" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [Français]

IPA: \vaʃ fɔl\ Audio: LL-Q150 (fra)-DenisdeShawi-vache folle.wav Forms: vaches folles [plural]
  1. Vache atteinte de l’encéphalopathie spongiforme bovine.
    Sense id: fr-vache_folle-fr-noun-tthZHncP
  2. Encéphalopathie spongiforme bovine. Tags: colloquial
    Sense id: fr-vache_folle-fr-noun-5w6frCHp Categories (other): Exemples en français, Maladies neurologiques en français, Termes populaires en français
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: manger de la vache enragée, avoir mangé de la vache enragée Translations (encéphalite spongiforme bovine): mad cow disease (Anglais), mad cow (Anglais), neytaøði (Féroïen) Translations (vache atteinte de l’encéphalite spongiforme bovine): mad cow (Anglais)
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