English Explanatory Dictionary

feu de joie

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A bonfire.
  2. A celebratory salute made by firing guns into the air sequentially along a line.

Word forms

feu de joie feux de joie feu-de-joie

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from French feu de joie (literally “fire of joy”).

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