boutefeu

== English == === Alternative forms === boutè-feu === Etymology === Borrowed from French boutefeu, from bouter (“to thrust, put”) + feu (“fire”). === Noun === boutefeu (plural boutefeus) (obsolete) An incendiary; an inciter of quarrels. Synonym: firebrand ==== Translations ==== === References === “boutefeu”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC. OED has more quotations == French == === Alternative forms === boute-feu === Etymology === From bouter le feu. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /but.fø/ === Noun === boutefeu m (plural boutefeux) linstock (stick for lighting cannon) (by extension) gunner fire-starter, arsonist (figurative) incendiary, firebrand (mining) blaster, shotfirer (person in charge of detonating explosives) === Further reading === “boutefeu”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012