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noun, masculine

fusil

/fy.zi/

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.