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foudre

/fudʁ/

noun, feminine/fudʁ/plural: foudres

lightning

coup de foudrelightning strike

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

noun, masculine/fudʁ/plural: foudres

thunderbolt

Related: foudre de guerre

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

noun, masculine/fudʁ/plural: foudres

foeder (large barrel used for aging beer or wine)

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.