faire-valoir

French

Etymology

From faire valoir.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fɛʁ.va.lwaʁ/

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Noun

faire-valoir m (plural faire-valoir)

1. a sidekick, a foil, a stooge

   faire-valoir comique ― straight man; comic relief

Further reading

• “faire-valoir”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.