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fouiller.

to search (place, thing)

8 characters2 syllables approx.Français language

Meaning & usage

verb/fu.je/

  1. to search (place, thing)

    transitive

  2. to search, frisk (person)

    transitive

  3. to go into, investigate (question, issue)

    transitive

  4. to rummage, delve (dans in)

    intransitive
    J'ai fouillé dans mon sac, mais je n'ai pas pu trouver mon portefeuille.

  5. to go through one's pockets

    reflexive

  6. to dig

    transitive
Where this word comes from

From Old French, from Vulgar Latin *fodiclāre < *fodiculāre, from Latin fodicāre, from fodere. Compare fouir.

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