foudre

Bourguignon

Etymology

From German Fuder.

Noun

foudre m (plural foudres)

1. barrel

Synonyms

• barri
• barrique
• foudri
• meud
• toneâ
• tone

Derived terms

• foudri

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fudʁ/

Etymology 1

Inherited from Old French foudre, from Latin fulgura, nominative plural of fulgur, from Proto-Italic *folgos. Alternatively, from fulgere.

Noun

foudre f (plural foudres)

1. lightning

   Hyponyms: elfe, farfadet, jet bleu

   Coordinate terms: éclair, tonnerre, orage

   coup de foudre ― lightning strike

   la foudre ne tombe jamais deux fois au même endroit ― lightning never strikes twice

Noun

foudre m (plural foudres)

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   un foudre de guerre ― (please add an English translation of this usage example)

2. (heraldry) thunderbolt

Etymology 2

Borrowed 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)

1. 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)

1. (Jersey) thunderbolt

Old French

Etymology

From Latin fulgura, nominative plural of fulgur.

Noun

foudre oblique singular, f (oblique plural foudres, nominative singular foudre, nominative plural foudres)

1. lightning

Descendants

• French: foudre
• Norman: foudre