foudre

Bourguignon

Etymology

From German fuder.

Noun

foudre m (plural foudres)

1. barrel

Derived terms

• foudri

Synonyms

• barri
• barrique
• foudri
• meud
• toneâ
• tone

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French

Etymology

From Old French foudre, from Latin fulgura, nominative plural of fulgur, from Proto-Italic *folgos. Alternatively, from fulgere.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fudʁ/

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Noun 1

foudre f (plural foudres)

1. lightning

Noun 2

foudre m (plural foudres)

1. (heraldry) thunderbolt

Derived terms

• coup de foudre

Further reading

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

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Norman

Etymology

From Old French foudre, from Latin fulgura, nominative plural of fulgur.

Noun

foudre f (plural foudres)

1. (Jersey) thunderbolt

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Old French

Etymology

From Latin fulgura, nominative plural of fulgur.

Noun

foudre oblique singular, f (oblique plural foudres, nominative singular foudre, nominative plural foudres)

1. lightning

Descendants

• French: foudre
• Norman: foudre