Foucault
English edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from French Foucault.
Proper noun edit
Foucault (countable and uncountable, plural Foucaults)
- A surname from French.
- Michel Foucault
- 1997: Chris Horrocks, Introducing Foucault, page 5 (Totem Books, Icon Books; →ISBN
- There are many “Foucaults” — whether they are all texts, or features in a network of institutional power, a régime of truth and knowledge, or the discourse of the author and his works.
- 1997: Chris Horrocks, Introducing Foucault, page 5 (Totem Books, Icon Books; →ISBN
- Jean Bernard Léon Foucault, French physicist (1819–1868)
- Michel Foucault
Derived terms edit
Statistics edit
- According to the 2010 United States Census, Foucault is the 51941st most common surname in the United States, belonging to 400 individuals. Foucault is most common among White (86.5%) and Black/African American (11.75%) individuals.
Further reading edit
- Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Foucault”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 1, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 594.
French edit
Pronunciation edit
Proper noun edit
Foucault m or f
- a surname
- (physics) the French physicist Jean Bernard Léon Foucault
- (philosophy) the French philosopher Michel Foucault
Derived terms edit
Italian edit
Pronunciation edit
Proper noun edit
Foucault m or f by sense
- A surname in French
References edit
- ^ Foucault in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)