feuille-morte

See also: feuillemorte

English

Adjective

feuille-morte (not comparable)

1. Alternative form of feuillemorte

French

FWOTD – 14 February 2015

Etymology

From feuille (“leaf”) +‎ morte (“dead”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fœj.mɔʁt/

• Audio:

  (file)

Adjective

feuille-morte (invariable)

1. of the colour of dying leaves: russet, feuillemorte
   • 1871, Émile Zola, La Curée:

     Elle avait eu la sottise, dans sa hâte, de choisir un costume de soie feuille-morte à longs volants de dentelles blanches.

     In her haste, she had been foolish enough to choose a russet silk dress with long flounces of white lace.

Descendants

• → English: feuillemorte (cf. filemot)

Further reading

• “feuille-morte”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.