mouche à feu

French

Alternative forms

• mouche de feu (Louisiana)

Etymology

Possibly a calque of English firefly, but the evidence is not clear.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mu.ʃ‿a fø/

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Noun

mouche à feu f (plural mouches à feu)

1. (North America) firefly

   Synonyms: bétaille à feu, bête à feu (Louisiana)

Further reading

• Steve Canac Marquis (1998) “À la lueur des mouches à feu”, in Québec français‎^[1]
• Dictionary of Louisiana French: As Spoken in Cajun, Creole, and American Indian Communities (2009; →ISBN; →ISBN)