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The French word for fox is
renard





fox

Plural

The plural of renard is renards.

French Definition


fox
     1. n. (Zoologie) Renard.
     2. v. (Transitif) Tromper, duper.
     3. v. (Intransitif) Ruser.

Translations for fox and their definitions

renard
     1. n-m. fox (small carnivore)
     2. n-m. (figurative) crafty, purposeful and cunning character
     3. n-m. (slang) flatulence
     4. n-m. (nautical) ancient navigation tool: circular, wooden or copper plate, which enables the helmsman to keep a record of wind conditions by inserting pegs at specific positions
     5. n-m. hardly detectable cracks or holes causing a water tank or pond to empty itself


roublard
     1. adj. (colloquial) wily, artful, cunning
     2. n-m. wily person


ruser
     1. v. to use one's cunning, to be crafty, to beguile


aigrir
     1. v. to make bitter, to embitter


bombe
     1. n-f. bomb (a device filled with explosives)
     2. n-f. aerosol (either the substance or the container)
     3. n-f. (colloquial) a hottie, a bombshell
     4. n-f. globular glass vessel; demijohn, carboy
     5. n-f. bombe glacée, a frozen dessert consisting of two or more kinds of ice cream, often with a light, frothy center made of eggs and sugar, frozen in a melon-shaped mold
     6. n-f. ellipsis of bombe météorologique or bombe météo or bombe cyclonique


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piéger
     1. v. to trap (catch in a trap), to trick, to set up
           Deux hommes armés m'attendaient devant ma maison : ils ont voulu me piéger. - Two armed men had been waiting for me outside my house: they wanted to trap me.


retors
     1. adj. warped, twisted (multiple times)
     2. adj. crafty, wily, tricky
     3. n-m. twisted yarn
     4. n-m. fox (cunning person)


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