fleuret
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[edit]Etymology
[edit]From French fleurette, diminutive of fleur (“flower”). Doublet of floret and floweret.
Noun
[edit]fleuret (plural fleurets)
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[edit]French
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]fleuret m (plural fleurets)
- (fencing) foil (weapon)
- 1897, Edmond Rostand, Cyrano de Bergerac:
- Ils font des armes avec des fleurets qu’ils ont apportés.
- They fence with the foils they have brought.
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[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “fleuret”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
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