fouet

fouet (plural fouets)

1. (Scotland) Alternative form of fouat (“houseleek”)

Diminutive form of Old French fou (“beech”) (from Latin fagus), with the suffix -et.

• IPA^(key): /fwɛ/

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fouet m (plural fouets)

1. whip (tool)
2. (cooking) whisk
3. (zoology) tip

• coup de fouet
• fouetter
• plein fouet

• Catalan: fuet

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

From Old French fou (“beech”) +‎ -et.

fouet m (plural fouets)

1. (Jersey) whip

• donner du fouet (“to lash”)