fleuret

English

Alternative forms

fleurette

Etymology

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

Noun

fleuret (plural fleurets)

An ornament resembling a small flower.
A fencing foil.

Anagrams

treeful

French

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /flœ.ʁɛ/
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Noun

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.

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.

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