foire

See also: foiré

French

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /fwaʁ/
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Etymology 1

From Old French foire from a Vulgar Latin *feria from the classical Latin noun feriae.

Noun

foire f (plural foires)

  1. a fair, an exposition
  2. a marketplace selling artisan goods

Etymology 2

From Latin foria.

Noun

foire f (plural foires)

  1. (vulgar) diarrhoea
  2. (figuratively, slang) fuckup, mess

Verb

foire

  1. first-person singular present indicative of foirer
  2. third-person singular present indicative of foirer
  3. first-person singular present subjunctive of foirer
  4. first-person singular present subjunctive of foirer
  5. second-person singular imperative of foirer

Further reading

Old French

Alternative forms

Etymology

From a Vulgar Latin *fēria, from the classical Latin plural noun fēriae.

Noun

foire f (oblique plural foires, nominative singular foire, nominative plural foires)

  1. celebration

Descendants

References

  • Godefroy, Frédéric, Dictionnaire de l'ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IXe au XVe siècle (1881) (foire, supplement)
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