foudre

American  

[foo-dr^uh] / ˈfu drə /

noun

French.

• foudres
  plural

1. a large cask for maturing, storing, and transporting wine.

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Other Word Forms

Noun Inflected Forms

• foudres
  plural

Example Sentences

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foudre foudres

Can a muralist and product designer infographic his way into telling a compelling love story, from coup de foudre to coeur brisé?

From Washington Post ● Jan. 31, 2023

Or all at once, in a coup de foudre, a lightning strike of, “Hey, this is my town!”

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 20, 2022

Mr. Rogers and his wife also parted ways when, in a coup de foudre in the early 1970s, he fell in love with Ruth Elias, an American book designer and later a chef.

From New York Times ● Dec. 18, 2021

Reluctantly, he takes on the case of Vanessa: for the first time, of course, he actually falls, coup de foudre.

From The Guardian ● Jun. 26, 2010

Darling, do you remember our talk in your sitting-room, and of the coup de foudre?

From The Reflections of Ambrosine A Novel by Elinor Glyn

He ages the wine in foudres, big old barrels of French and Slavonian oak.

From New York Times ● Mar. 7, 2019