feuillage

French

Etymology

From Middle French feuillage; equivalent to feuille +‎ -age. Compare dialectal English foilage.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /fœ.jaʒ/
Audio (France, Paris) (file)
Homophone: feuillages
Rhymes: -aʒ

Noun

feuillage m (plural feuillages)

foliage

Further reading

“feuillage” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Middle French

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /fœʎaʒ(ə)/

Noun

feuillage m (plural feuillages)

foliage
- 1609, Antoine Du Brueil, Le Sandrin, page 51
  un chesne bien muny de gland et de feuillage
  an oak well furnished with acorns and with foliage

Descendants

French: feuillage
→ Middle English: ffoylage
- English: foilage, foliage

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