fougère

See also: Fougere and Fougère

French

Etymology

Inherited from Old French fulgiere, from Vulgar Latin *filicāria (“thicket of ferns”), from Latin filix (“fern”). Compare Catalan falguera, Occitan falguièra, Galician folgueira.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fu.ʒɛʁ/

• Audio:

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Noun

fougère f (plural fougères)

1. fern

   La fougère pousse souvent dans les forêts humides et ombragées.

   The fern often grows in moist, shady forests.

Derived terms

• crosse de fougère

Descendants

• ⇒ Belarusian: фужэ́р (fužér)
• ⇒ Russian: фуже́р (fužér)
• ⇒ Ukrainian: фуже́р (fužér)
• ⇒ Yiddish: פֿוזשער (fuzher)

See also

• Fougères, a city in Brittany.

Further reading

• “fougère”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.