feuille-morte
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See also: feuillemorte
English[edit]
Adjective[edit]
feuille-morte (not comparable)
- Alternative form of feuillemorte
French[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From feuille (“leaf”) + morte (“dead”).
Pronunciation[edit]
Adjective[edit]
- 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[edit]
- → English: feuillemorte (cf. filemot)
Further reading[edit]
- “feuille-morte”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.