faire-valoir
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French[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From faire valoir.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
faire-valoir m (plural faire-valoir)
- a sidekick, a foil, a stooge
- faire-valoir comique ― straight man; comic relief
Further reading[edit]
- “faire-valoir”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.