férule
See also: ferule
French
editEtymology
editPronunciation
editNoun
editférule f (plural férules)
- (botany) fennel, giant fennel (Ferula communis)
- Synonym: férule commune
- (historical) ferule (instrument to slap children on the hand)
- (Roman Catholicism) the crook of a bishop, abbot, or pope
- (figuratively) bondage
Derived terms
editFurther reading
edit- “férule”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.