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/ful/
Translation
crowd
Word origin
From the verb fouler ('to trample, to press'), from Vulgar Latin fullare ('to full cloth by trampling it'), from Latin fullo ('a fuller'). A foule is literally a press of bodies.
- Origin
- Latin
- Root
- fullare
- English cognates
- full, fuller
Grammar
Examples
mairie.
A huge crowd was waiting outside the town hall.
' au .
He got lost in the crowd after two minutes.
applaudi .
The crowd applauded for a good five minutes.
J' -.
I avoid crowds on Saturday afternoons.
l'.
A host of questions came into his mind.
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