faulx
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Middle French[edit]
Etymology 1[edit]
From Old French faus, with the L added back to reflect the Latin falsus.
Adjective[edit]
faulx m (feminine singular faulsse, masculine plural faulx, feminine plural faulsses)
Descendants[edit]
Etymology 2[edit]
From Old French fauz, from Latin falx.
Noun[edit]
faulx f (plural faulx)
- scythe
- 1595, Michel de Montaigne, Essais:
- car il fut cause de sa mort: le coustillier d'Onesile l'ayant accueilli d'une faulx entre les deux espaules
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
Descendants[edit]
- French: faux
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