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/fuʁ/
Translation
oven; flop, failure
Word origin
From Latin furnus ('oven'). English 'furnace' comes from the same root.
- Origin
- Latin
- Root
- furnus
- English cognates
- furnace
Grammar
Examples
.
The cake is still in the oven.
.
She bought a new oven.
.
The restaurant ovens stay hot all night.
au .
The bread needs to go in the oven.
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That film was a complete flop.
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