fétu

See also: fetu

French

Etymology

From Late Latin festucum, from Latin festūca. Compare fétuque.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /fe.ty/

Noun

fétu m (plural fétus)

(countable) straw (dried stalk of a cereal plant)
(figuratively) straw (something proverbially worthless)

Further reading

“fétu” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

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