garde-fou
French
noun
Definitions
- parapet
- safeguard, guardrail
Etymology
Compound from French garde (guard) + French fou (mad).
Origin
French
fou
Gloss
mad
Concept
Semantic Field
Cognition
Ontological Category
Property
Emoji
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Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- arrière-garde French
- avant-garde French
- folâtre French
- fou French
- garde French
- garde-boue French
- garder French
- vendredi fou French
- alfil Spanish, Castilian
- garde Danish
- garder Danish
- guarde Old French
- gardă Romanian, Moldavian, Moldovan
- nebun Romanian, Moldavian, Moldovan
- gác Vietnamese
- fol Middle French
- *wardōn, *wardēn Frankish
- fou Mauritian Creole