faucille

See also: faucillé

French

faucille

Etymology

From Old French falcille, from Late Latin falcīc(u)la, from Latin falx, falcem. Compare Norman faûcil'ye, Portuguese foice.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fo.sij/

• Audio:

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Noun

faucille f (plural faucilles)

1. sickle (agricultural implement)

Related terms

• faux

Verb

faucille

1. first-person singular present indicative of fauciller
2. third-person singular present indicative of fauciller
3. first-person singular present subjunctive of fauciller
4. third-person singular present subjunctive of fauciller
5. second-person singular imperative of fauciller

Further reading

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