mouche à feu

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French[edit]

Alternative forms[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Possibly a calque of English firefly, but the evidence is not clear.

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /mu.ʃ‿a fø/
  • (file)

Noun[edit]

mouche à feu f (plural mouches à feu)

  1. (Louisiana, Cajun, Quebec, Acadia) firefly

Further reading[edit]

  • Steve Canac Marquis (1998) “À la lueur des mouches à feu”, in Québec français[1]