noun, masculine/fy.zi/plural: fusils
rifle, gun; steel to strike sparks from a flint (pierre à fusil)
“— Les hommes, dit le renard, ils ont des fusils et ils chassent. C’est bien gênant !” — “Men,” said the fox. “They have guns, and they hunt. It is very disturbing. […] ”
From Old French fuisil, foisil, from Vulgar Latin *focīlis (petra), from Latin focus. Compare Italian fucile.