French Meaning of foil
Feuille
Other French words related to Feuille
- dérouter
- défaite
- frustrer
- panier garni
- prévenir
- Traverser
- arrestation
- balk
- barre
- rythme
- bloc
- échec et mat
- déconcerter
- arrêter
- entraver
- retenir
- gêner
- inhiber
- obstruer
- surmonter
- revers
- étal
- arrêter
- lier
- interférer (avec)
- éviter
- vérification
- bouchon
- conquérir
- contrecarrer
- Encombrer
- entrave
- prévenir
- handicap
- Boiter
- menottes
- nier
- neutraliser
- annuler
- éviter
- décalage
- empêcher
- entrave
- Court-circuit
- réseau
Nearest Words of foil
Definitions and Meaning of foil in English
foil (n)
a piece of thin and flexible sheet metal
anything that serves by contrast to call attention to another thing's good qualities
a device consisting of a flat or curved piece (as a metal plate) so that its surface reacts to the water it is passing through
picture consisting of a positive photograph or drawing on a transparent base; viewed with a projector
a light slender flexible sword tipped by a button
foil (v)
enhance by contrast
hinder or prevent (the efforts, plans, or desires) of
cover or back with foil
foil (v. t.)
To tread under foot; to trample.
To render (an effort or attempt) vain or nugatory; to baffle; to outwit; to balk; to frustrate; to defeat.
To blunt; to dull; to spoil; as, to foil the scent in chase.
To defile; to soil.
foil (n.)
Failure of success when on the point of attainment; defeat; frustration; miscarriage.
A blunt weapon used in fencing, resembling a smallsword in the main, but usually lighter and having a button at the point.
The track or trail of an animal.
A leaf or very thin sheet of metal; as, brass foil; tin foil; gold foil.
A thin leaf of sheet copper silvered and burnished, and afterwards coated with transparent colors mixed with isinglass; -- employed by jewelers to give color or brilliancy to pastes and inferior stones.
Anything that serves by contrast of color or quality to adorn or set off another thing to advantage.
A thin coat of tin, with quicksilver, laid on the back of a looking-glass, to cause reflection.
The space between the cusps in Gothic architecture; a rounded or leaflike ornament, in windows, niches, etc. A group of foils is called trefoil, quatrefoil, quinquefoil, etc., according to the number of arcs of which it is composed.
FAQs About the word foil
Feuille
a piece of thin and flexible sheet metal, anything that serves by contrast to call attention to another thing's good qualities, a device consisting of a flat or
dérouter,défaite,frustrer,panier garni,prévenir,Traverser,arrestation,balk,barre,rythme
avance,aide,Assistance,cultiver,encourager,en avant,favoriser,encore,promouvoir,faciliter
foie gras => Foie gras, foible => faiblesse, fohn => foehn, foh => Foh, fogyism => conservatisme étroit,
