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forézien: of Feurs; Forezian, of Forez
forêt: forest
forêt amazonienne: the Amazon Rainforest (an enormous jungle covering the majority of northern South America, mostly in Brazil)
forêt de Yatir: Yatir Forest (a forest on the edge of the Negev in Israel)
forêt du Ciron: a relict birch gallery forest along the Ciron in Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France
forêt galerie: gallery forest
forêt noire: Black Forest gâteau, Black Forest cake
forêt primaire: primeval forest; climax forest
forêt primitive: synonym of forêt primaire (“primeval forest”)
forêt secondaire: secondary forest
forêt tropicale: tropical forest; tropical rainforest, rainforest
forêt vierge: synonym of forêt primaire (“virgin forest”)
fosse: pit (hole in the ground)
fosse aux lions: lion's den
fosse commune: mass grave
fosse d'aisances: a cesspit
fosse septique: septic tank, cesspit (domestic sewage system)
fosse à purin: cesspit
fossette: dimple
fossile: fossil
fossile: fossil
fossile vivant: living fossil
fossilifère: fossiliferous
fossilisation: fossilization (the process of conversion into a fossil)
fossiliser: to fossilize
fossoyer: to put a ditch around; to dig (graves, etc.); to bury, to put to rest
fossoyeur: gravedigger; destroyer of something, someone who has ruined something, someone who has put an end to something
fossé: ditch; trench; moat
fou: mad, crazy
fou: madman; jester (court entertainer); nut (extreme enthusiast)
fou: bishop; booby (bird)
fou comme un balai: very agitated out of excitation or anxiousness
fou de Bassan: northern gannet (Morus bassanus)
fou de joie: elated, thrilled
fou de la gâchette: a trigger-happy man (with firearms)
fou de la gâchette: trigger-happy (with firearms)
fou de rage: livid, furious, beside oneself with anger, in a towering rage
fou du roi: court jester
fou du volant: car buff, petrolhead (car enthusiast); speeder (someone who speeds, who drives too fast)
fou furieux: berserk, raving lunatic; an excessively dogmatic, uncontrollable, unpredictable person
fou rire: uncontrollable laughter, hysterical laughter, fit of laughter, giggles
fou à lier: stark raving mad, crazy, barking
fouace: a type of brioche or other light pastry or bun from some regions of France, such as Auvergne
fouaille: Cooked entrails of a wild boar given to hunting dogs after the hunt
fouailler: to whip, lash; to attack, lambast, excoriate; to whip up (an emotion etc.); to galvanize
foucade: caprice
foucaldien: Foucauldian
foudre: lightning
foudre: foeder (large barrel used for aging beer or wine)
foudre: thunderbolt
foudre de guerre: powerful warrior; very effective and rapidly-acting leader
foudroyant: rapid; devastating; fulminant; fatal, deadly (coming on quickly and destructively)
foudroyer: to strike (of lightning); to devastate; to cause to be thunderstruck
foudroyer du regard: to look daggers at, to stare daggers at, to throw a death stare at
foudroyé: struck by lightning, thunderstruck; blasted, devastated
fouet: whip (tool); whisk; tip
fouettard: whipping - but used only in the term père fouettard
fouette-cul: a person in charge of administering discipline by serious spankings, as once done to pupils in French Catholic schools by a priest
fouettement: lashing, whipping
fouetter: to beat with a whip, to whip, to flagellate.; to hit and sting like a whip; to whisk; to stimulate or urge into action; to stink