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feu de joie

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.29 in modern English

Syllables
feu de joie
IPA
20
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
1
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A bonfire.

Obsolete

noun

A celebratory salute made by firing guns into the air sequentially along a line.

Example Sentences

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from French feu de joie (literally “fire of joy”).

Usage

Inflected Forms

feux de joie (plural) feu-de-joie (alternative)

Questions

What does feu de joie mean?
A bonfire.
Where does feu de joie come from?
Unadapted borrowing from French feu de joie (literally “fire of joy”).

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