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suif

Pronunciation: /sɥif/

“suif” is a French word. Its 2 meanings in English:

noun

  1. tallow
  2. suet

In French

  1. Graisse de certains animaux, dont on se sert principalement pour faire des chandelles et des bougies.
  2. Argent.
  3. Grabuge.

Etymology

Inherited from Old French seu, sieu (with -f added by analogy with other words), from Latin sēbum, from Proto-Indo-European *seyb- (“to pour out”). Doublet of the borrowed sébum.

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