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English
Noun
fouet (plural fouets)
- (Scotland) Alternative form of fouat (“houseleek”)
French
Etymology
From Middle French fouet, diminutive in -et of Old French fou (“beech”), from Latin fagus.
Since the morpheme boundary was no longer felt in Middle French, was contracted to and this later developed regularly to (as it did in oi, oe). The contemporary pronunciation was reinforced by the spelling and the desire to distinguish from foi, foie and fois.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /fwɛ/, (archaic) /fwa/
Noun
fouet m (plural fouets)
- whip (tool)
- (cooking) whisk
- (zoology) tip
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Further reading
Norman
Etymology
From Old French fou (“beech”) + -et.
Noun
fouet m (plural fouets)
- (Jersey) whip
Derived terms