fougère

== English == === Alternative forms === fougere === Etymology === Borrowed from French fougère (literally “fern”), from the perfume Fougère Royale (“Royal Fern”) launched in 1882 by Houbigant. === Pronunciation === === Noun === fougère (countable and uncountable, plural fougères) (perfumery) One of the main olfactive families of perfumes, based on the compound coumarin; (countable) a perfume of that family. === Further reading === fougère on Wikipedia.Wikipedia == French == === Etymology === Inherited from Old French fulgiere, from Vulgar Latin *filicāria (“thicket of ferns”), from Latin filix (“fern”). Compare Catalan falguera, Occitan falguièra, Galician folgueira. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /fu.ʒɛʁ/ Rhymes: -ɛʁ Homophones: fougères, Fougères === Noun === fougère f (plural fougères) fern ==== Derived terms ==== crosse de fougère (“fiddlehead”) ==== Descendants ==== ⇒ Belarusian: фужэ́р (fužér) ⇒ Russian: фуже́р (fužér) ⇒ Ukrainian: фуже́р (fužér) ⇒ Yiddish: פֿוזשער (fuzher) === Further reading === “fougère”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012