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la

feminine

/ful/

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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

Genderfeminine
Pluralfoules

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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This word is part of lesson 39.