flambeau

English

Etymology

From French flambeau.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA: /ˈflambəʊ/, /flamˈbəʊ/

Noun

flambeau (plural flambeaus or flambeaux)

1. A burning torch, especially one carried in procession.
   • 1982, Lawrence Durrell, Constance, Faber & Faber 2004 (Avignon Quintet), p. 955:

     She walked quietly with apparent composure and lowered head but her pallor betrayed her mortal fear – her skin glowed almost nacrous in the warm rose of the flambeaux.

Translations

A burning torch, especially one carried in procession.

• Bulgarian: горящ факел (bg) (gorjašt fakel) m

See also

• flambé
• flamboyant

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French

Etymology

From flambe 'flame', itself from Latin flamma

Noun

flambeau m (plural flambeaux)

1. torch
2. candle
3. candlestick
4. (metonymically) light, flame as symbolic spirit of something

Derived terms

• Dutch: flambouw

References

• Nouveau Petit Larousse illustré. Dictionnaire encyclopédique. Paris, Librairie Larousse, 1952, 146th edition