facétieux

French

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Medieval Latin facētiōsus. By surface analysis, facétie +‎ -eux.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /fa.se.tjø/
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Adjective

facétieux (feminine facétieuse, masculine plural facétieux, feminine plural facétieuses)

  1. facetious

Derived terms

Noun

facétieux m (invariable)

  1. a facetious person

Further reading

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