fouaille

French

Etymology

Inherited from Old French fouaille.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /fwaj/

Noun

fouaille f (plural fouailles)

1. firewood, fuel

References

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

Old French

Etymology

feu +‎ -aille.

Noun

fouaille oblique singular, f (oblique plural fouailles, nominative singular fouaille, nominative plural fouailles)

1. firewood (wood intended to be burned as fuel)
2. (by extension) torch (stick with fire at one end)

Descendants

• → English: fuel
• → French: fouaille, fioul (via English), fuel (via English)