épouvantail
French
editEtymology
editFrom épouvanter + -ail.
Pronunciation
editNoun
editépouvantail m (plural épouvantails)
- scarecrow (effigy to scare birds)
- (figurative) scarecrow, bogeyman (something terrifying but not necessarily dangerous)
Further reading
edit- “épouvantail”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.