Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
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Foudre may refer to
- any of various French ships named Foudre
- Foudre Sportive d'Akonolinga, a Cameroonian football club
Usage examples of "foudre".
By dinnertime, they were all extremely comfortable with each other, and as the tender finally took them back to Coup de Foudre, Diana said she felt like Cinderella as she watched the footmen turn back into mice, and the coach into a pumpkin.
More than that, they had come to like her, and by the end of the evening, they were all talking about renting Coup de Foudre again the following year.
But that totally unexpected coup de foudre that had smitten her after the chance meeting with Harry Kennedy was the last straw.
Michel-Archange, qui lance et retint la foudre et se plait sur les hauts lieux.
Gently turningMiss Charing to face the mirror again, she pointed out to herthe many excellencies of the gown, and in a spate of volubilitycontrived to say that it was more economical to purchaseone expensive dress than three cheaper ones, that the sight ofmademoiselle in such a toilette must infallibly strike thebeholder like a coup de foudre, that she believed she hadconfused its price with that of the cerulean blue satin whichhad not become mademoiselle, and, finally, that to oblige sogood a customer as miladi she would make a reduction.
I had fallen in love with Elaine instantly, smitten by le coup de foudre.