fleuret
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English[edit]
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Etymology[edit]
From French fleurette, diminutive of fleur (“flower”). Doublet of floret and floweret.
Noun[edit]
fleuret (plural fleurets)
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French[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
fleuret m (plural fleurets)
- (fencing) foil (weapon)
- 1897, Edmond Rostand, Cyrano de Bergerac:
- Ils font des armes avec des fleurets qu’ils ont apportés.
- They fence with the foils they have brought.
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Descendants[edit]
Further reading[edit]
- “fleuret”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
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