faucille

See also: faucillé

French

faucille

Etymology

Inherited from Old French falcille, from Late Latin falcīcula, from Latin falcem. Compare Norman faûcil'ye.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fo.sij/

• Audio:

  (file)

Noun

faucille f (plural faucilles)

1. sickle (agricultural implement)

Related terms

• faux

Verb

faucille

1. inflection of fauciller:
   1. first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
   2. second-person singular imperative

Further reading

• “faucille”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
• faucille on the French Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^fr