mouche à feu

French

Alternative forms

Etymology

Possibly a calque of English firefly, but the evidence is not clear.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /mu.ʃ‿a fø/
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Noun

mouche à feu f (plural mouches à feu)

  1. (Louisiana, Missouri, New England, Cajun, Quebec, Acadia) firefly

Further reading
  • Steve Canac Marquis (1998) “À la lueur des mouches à feu”, in Québec français‎
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