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French
Etymology
Inherited from Middle French, from Old French fornaise, from the masculine fornais, from Latin fornācem.
Pronunciation
Noun
fournaise f (plural fournaises)
- furnace
- Hypernym: four
- (colloquial, figurative) furnace (extremely hot area)
- Synonym: four
- (literary) blaze, conflagration
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Middle French
Etymology
From Old French fornaise, from fornais, from Latin fornāx, fornācem.
Noun
fournaise f (plural fournaises)
- furnace
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