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fouetteur
noun, masculine
whipper, beater (someone who beats, especially with a whip)
fouetté
adjective
whipped
foufou
noun, masculine
fufu
foufou
adjective
nutty, scatty, dippy
foufoune
noun, feminine
vulva (especially of young girls); foo-foo, front bottom, foufounette; buttock
foufounette
noun, feminine
pussy
fougasse
noun, feminine
fougasse (lattice-shaped bread associated with Provence)
fougasse
noun, feminine
fougasse (land-mine)
fougeraie
noun, feminine
fernbrake, stand of ferns
fougue
noun, feminine
enthusiasm, ardour
ardently; impetuously
fougueux
adjective
spirited, lively; enthusiastic
fougère
noun, feminine
fern
fouille
noun, feminine
search (act of searching through something, e.g. a bag, pocket); rummage; excavation; delve
fouille-merde
noun, masculine/feminine
muckraker (a scandal-mongering person who is not driven by any social principle)
to search (place, thing); to search, frisk (person); to go into, investigate (question, issue); to rummage, delve (dans in); to go through one's pockets
fouilleur
adjective
prone to rummage or search
fouilleur
noun, masculine
searcher; rummager
fouillis
noun, masculine
mess, confusion, jumble
fouinard
noun, masculine
nosey parker, peeping tom
fouine
noun, feminine
beech marten
to furrow, ferret, snoop around
fouineur
noun, masculine
busybody, meddler, nosy person; hacker
fouir
verb
to dig, grub, burrow
second-person singular present/imperfect subjunctive of fouir
fouisseur
adjective
burrowing
foulage
noun, masculine
pressing, crushing
foulant
adjective
crowding, pressing (by use of pressure)
foulard
noun, masculine
headscarf
foule
noun, feminine
crowd; the thronging of a crowd; a great number, multitude, mass; host
foule
noun, feminine
the act or process of treading or milling; oppression, vexation
fouler
verb
to stamp, to impress, to dent; to mill; to walk on, to tread, to trample; to oppress, to mistreat; to injure by knocking, bumping or dinting; to sprain
alternative spelling of fouler aux pieds
to ride roughshod over, to trample underfoot, to trample on
fouleur
noun, masculine
fuller (profession)
fouloir
noun, masculine
press (for grapes etc)
foulon
noun, masculine
fuller (job)
foulonné
adjective
tanned
foulque
noun, feminine
coot (bird)
foulque d'Amérique
noun, feminine
American coot
foultitude
noun, feminine
oodles (a large number of things)
foulure
noun, feminine
sprain
foulé
adjective
sprained; twisted
foulée
noun, feminine
stride (of horse, athlete etc.)
foune
noun, feminine
pussy, beaver (vagina); buttock
four
noun, masculine
oven; stove; flop
four crématoire
noun, masculine
cremation furnace, crematorium furnace
four micro-onde
noun, masculine
microwave oven
four à chaux
noun, masculine
limekiln (furnace used to produce lime from limestone)
four à micro-ondes
noun, masculine
microwave oven, microwave (oven)
fourasin
adjective
of Fouras, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France
fourbe
noun, masculine/feminine
double-dealer, swindler
fourbe
adjective
deceitful, two-faced, treacherous
fourbe
noun, feminine
guile, deception
fourberie
noun, feminine
deceit, trickery, guile
fourbi
noun, masculine
stuff, kit; junk
to furbish, burnish
second-person singular present/imperfect subjunctive of fourbir
fourbisseur
noun, masculine
furbisher (of weapons)
fourbu
adjective
worn out; exhausted