Masculine

fléau

Meaning

  1. (masculine) a flail, either tool or weapon
  2. (masculine) a scourge; a curse, a calamity or a plague
  3. (masculine) the beam of a mechanical balance

Concepts

flail
plague
scourge
calamity
blight
catastrophe
thresh
curse
disaster
evil
pest
pestilence
thrash
tragedy
trouble
whammy
whip

curse of poverty

bane

scourse

beam
bludgeon
cataclysm
club
epidemic
hammer
🔨
hex
jinx
lam
Synonyms

calamité
25k
plaie
C1
peste
C1
malheur
B2
catastrophe
C1
rosser
41k
malédiction
B2
désastre
B2
rouille
C2
tragédie
B2
cloque
C2
drame
C1
épidémie
C1
gourdin
29k
mal
A1
marteau
C1
massue
32k
proie
C1
Translations

Dreschflegel
plaag
correggiato
Flegel
dorsvlegel
vlegel
praga
plaga
mangual
flagelo
piaga
flagello

coreggiato

calamidade
Frequency

C2
Pronounced as (IPA)
/fle.o/
Etymology

Inherited from Old French
flaiel
Inherited from Latin
Latin
flagellum
In summary

Inherited from Old French flaiel, flael, flayau, inherited from Latin flagellum.

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