foisonner

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French[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From foison +‎ -er.

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  • IPA(key): /fwa.zɔ.ne/
  • (file)

Verb[edit]

foisonner

  1. (intransitive) to abound, to be plentiful, to teem (with)
    foisonner de bonheurto be full of happiness
    • 1972, Georges Brassens (lyrics and music), “La Ballade des gens qui sont nés quelque part”, in Fernande:
      Cette race importune et qui partout foisonne / La race des gens du terroir, des gens du cru
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)
  2. (intransitive) to breed, multiply (said of various types of animals)

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