émule
(Redirected from faire des émules)
French
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Etymology 1
[edit]Noun
[edit]émule m or f by sense (plural émules)
- emulator, imitator (person that emulates or strives to do so)
- faire des émules ― to inspire others, to create a following, to be emulated
- (dated) rival (competitor with the same goal as another)
- (dated) peer, equal (somebody who is at a level equal (to that of something else) in a given occupation, field, etc.)
Etymology 2
[edit]See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Verb
[edit]émule
- inflection of émuler:
Further reading
[edit]- “émule”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
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