fait-tout

French

Alternative forms

• faitout

Etymology

Univerbation of fait (“does”, third-person singular present indicative of faire (“to do”)) +‎ tout (“everything”), literally “[that which] does everything”.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fɛ.tu/

• Audio:

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Noun

fait-tout m (plural fait-tout)

1. stewpot (large cooking pot with handles and a lid)

Further reading

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