broussaille
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[edit]Etymology
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]broussaille f (plural broussailles)
- undergrowth, scrub; bushes
- 1862, Victor Hugo, chapter 1, in Les Misérables, Tome I : Fantine, book 2:
- L’œil luisait sous les sourcils comme un feu sous une broussaille.
- The eye shone beneath its lashes like a fire beneath brushwood.
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[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “broussaille”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.