faire-valoir
French edit
Etymology edit
From faire valoir.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
faire-valoir m (plural faire-valoir)
- a sidekick, a foil, a stooge
- faire-valoir comique ― straight man; comic relief
Further reading edit
- “faire-valoir”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.