feuillage

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English[edit]

Noun[edit]

feuillage (countable and uncountable, plural feuillages)

  1. archaic form of foliage

French[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Inherited from Middle French feuillage. By surface analysis, feuille +‎ -age. Compare dialectal English foilage and Walloon fouyaedje.

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

feuillage m (plural feuillages)

  1. foliage

Further reading[edit]

Middle French[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

feuillage m (plural feuillages)

  1. foliage
    • 1609, Antoine Du Brueil, Le Sandrin, page 51:
      un chesne bien muny de gland et de feuillage
      an oak well furnished with acorns and with foliage

Descendants[edit]

  • French: feuillage
  • Middle English: ffoylage