fétu

See also: fetu

French

Etymology

From Late Latin festucum, from Latin festūca. Compare fétuque.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fe.ty/

Noun

fétu m (plural fétus)

1. (countable) straw (dried stalk of a cereal plant)
2. (figurative) straw (something proverbially worthless)

Further reading

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