Foucault

English

Etymology

Borrowed from French Foucault.

Proper noun

Foucault (countable and uncountable, plural Foucaults)

1. A surname from French.
   1. Michel Foucault
      • 1997: Chris Horrocks, Introducing Foucault, page 5 (Totem Books, Icon Books; →ISBN

        There are many “Foucaults” — whether they are all texts, or features in a network of institutional power, a régime of truth and knowledge, or the discourse of the author and his works.

   2. Jean Bernard Léon Foucault, French physicist (1819–1868)

Derived terms

• Foucauldian
• Foucault's pendulum

 

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Foucault is the 51941^st most common surname in the United States, belonging to 400 individuals. Foucault is most common among White (86.5%) and Black/African American (11.75%) individuals.

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Foucault”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 1, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 594.

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fu.ko/

Proper noun

Foucault m or f

1. a surname
2. (physics) the French physicist Jean Bernard Léon Foucault
3. (philosophy) the French philosopher Michel Foucault

Derived terms

• courant de Foucault

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fuˈko/^**
• Rhymes: -o

Proper noun

Foucault m or f by sense

1. A surname in French