foudre
Bourguignon
Etymology
From German Fuder.
Noun
foudre m (plural foudres)
- barrel
Synonyms
- barri
- barrique
- foudri
- meud
- toneâ
- tone
Derived terms
- foudri
French
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /fudʁ/
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Etymology 1
From Old French foudre, from Latin fulgura, nominative plural of fulgur, from Proto-Italic *folgos. Alternatively, from fulgere.
Noun
foudre f (plural foudres)
- lightning
Noun
foudre m (plural foudres)
- (heraldry) thunderbolt
Derived terms
- coup de foudre
- la foudre ne tombe jamais deux fois au même endroit
Etymology 2
From Middle High German vuoder, from Old High German fuodar, from Proto-West Germanic *fōþr. Cognate with English fother, German Fuder, Dutch voer, voeder, etc.
Noun
foudre m (plural foudres)
- foeder (large barrel used for aging beer or wine)
Descendants
- → Catalan: fudre
- → Spanish: fudre
Further reading
- “foudre”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Norman
Etymology
From Old French foudre, from Latin fulgura, nominative plural of fulgur.
Noun
foudre f (plural foudres)
- (Jersey) thunderbolt
Old French
Etymology
From Latin fulgura, nominative plural of fulgur.
Noun
foudre f (oblique plural foudres, nominative singular foudre, nominative plural foudres)
- lightning
Descendants
- French: foudre
- Norman: foudre