vautour

French edit

Etymology edit

Inherited from Old French voltur, voutour, from Classical Latin vulturem. Compare Old Italian avvoltore, Catalan and Occitan voltor.

Pronunciation edit

IPA^(key): /vo.tuʁ/
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Rhymes: -uʁ

Noun edit

vautour m (plural vautours)

vulture
(derogatory, figuratively) shark, vulture
Synonym: rapace

Derived terms edit

vautour moine

Further reading edit

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

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