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fétu

  • \fe.ty\

Where it comes from

Du latin festuca (« fétuque ») devenu *festucum en latin vulgaire.

noun fétus

  1. Brin de paille. Ramasser un fétu.
  2. familiar Symbole de quelque chose sans valeur, triviale. Je n’en donnerais pas un fétu, cela ne vaut pas un fétu : Se dit d’une chose dont on ne fait nul cas.

In English

  • straw a dried stalk of a cereal plant
  • wisp a small bundle, as of straw or other like substance

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MLA

"fétu." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/fr/f%C3%A9tu. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

APA

fétu. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/fr/f%C3%A9tu

Chicago

"fétu." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/fr/f%C3%A9tu.

BibTeX
@misc{fe_tu_2026,
  title = {fétu},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/fr/f%C3%A9tu},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}