falot

See also: fâlot

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian falò, ultimately from Ancient Greek φανός (phanós).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /fa.lo/

Noun

falot m (plural falots)

  1. lantern
    • 1857, Gustave Flaubert, Madame Bovary […]‎[1], Paris: Michel Lévy Frères:
      Alors l'aubergiste criait et d'autres voix répondaient, tandis que le falot d'Hippolyte, qui cherchait des coffres sur la bâche, faisait comme une étoile dans l'obscurité.
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Adjective

falot (feminine falote, masculine plural falots, feminine plural falotes)

  1. dull, spineless
  2. droll

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