fléau
French edit
Etymology edit
Inherited from Old French flaiel, flael, flayau, inherited from Latin flagellum.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
fléau m (plural fléaux)
- a flail, either tool or weapon
- a scourge; a curse, a calamity or a plague
- 2020 June 19, “Stopper la haine sur Internet”, in Le Monde[1]:
- La haine en ligne est un fléau d’une immense ampleur.
- Online hatred is a scourge of immense scale.
- (mechanics) the beam of a mechanical balance
Related terms edit
Further reading edit
- “fléau”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.