Noun: blaireau
Gender: m
Hyphenation:
| Singular m | blaireau |
| Singular f | blairelle |
| Plural m | blaireaux |
Sample Sentences
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T'es vraiment un blaireau. (You're truly a fool.)
Nouns inflected like blaireau
zébreau,
nouveau,
éléphanteau,
souriceau,
corbeau,
chameau,
blaireau,
louveteau,
Tourangeau,
maquereau,
jouvenceau,
pastoureau,
oiseau,
jumeau,
puceau,
baleineau,
Manceau,
Etymology
1. Inherited from Middle French blereau, blariau, from Old French blarel, from blair.
2. * Possibly from Frankish *blari (“sporting a white blaze on the forehead”) (compare *blasā).
3. * Alternatively, from Gaulish *blaros, referring to the color gray, closely related to Proto-Celtic *blāwos (“yellow”).
4. * According to Bratchet, from a diminutive of blé (“corn, wheat”) thus meaning an animal that feeds on corn.
5. Replaced Old French taisson (“badger”).
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