fleuret

English

Alternative forms

• fleurette

Etymology

From French fleurette, diminutive of fleur (“flower”). Doublet of floret and floweret.

Noun

fleuret (plural fleurets)

1. An ornament resembling a small flower.
2. A fencing foil.

Anagrams

• treeful

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /flœ.ʁɛ/

• Audio:

  (file)

Noun

fleuret m (plural fleurets)

1. (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.

Derived terms

• fleurettiste

Descendants

• → Czech: fleret
• → Danish: fleuret
• → Korean: 플뢰레 (peulloere)
• → Turkish: flöre

Further reading

• “fleuret”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.