fourage

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Middle French

Etymology

From Old French fourage.

Noun

fourage m (plural fourages)

food; nourishment

Descendants

French: fourrage
- → Galician: forraxe
- → German: Furage, Fourage
- → Italian: foraggio
- → Portuguese: forragem
- → Romanian: furaj
- → Russian: фураж (furaž)
- → Spanish: forraje

Old French

Etymology

fuerre +‎ -age.

Noun

fourage oblique singular, m (oblique plural fourages, nominative singular fourages, nominative plural fourage)

animal fodder
(by extension) food; nourishment

Descendants

Middle French: fourage
- French: fourrage
  - → Galician: forraxe
  - → German: Furage, Fourage
  - → Italian: foraggio
  - → Portuguese: forragem
  - → Romanian: furaj
  - → Russian: фураж (furaž)
  - → Spanish: forraje
Norman: fouôrrage
→ Middle English: forage, fforage
- English: forage

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