foule

Definitions of foule
  1. noun
    the common people generally
    synonyms: gens, masse
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    types:
    audience
    the part of the general public interested in a source of information or entertainment
    partisans
    a group of followers or enthusiasts
    audience, téléspectateur
    the audience reached by television
    type of:
    groupe, groupement
    any number of entities (members) considered as a unit
  2. noun
    a disorderly crowd of people
    synonyms: populace
  3. noun
    a large gathering of people
    synonyms: affluence, attroupement
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    type of:
    attroupement, rassemblement
    a group of persons together in one place
  4. noun
    a dense crowd of people
    synonyms: presse
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    types:
    bouchon, embouteillage
    a number of vehicles blocking one another until they can scarcely move
  5. noun
    a large number of things or people considered together
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    presse
    a dense crowd of people
    essaim, horde
    a moving crowd
    populace
    a disorderly crowd of people
    essaim, troupe
    an orderly crowd
    bouchon, embouteillage
    a number of vehicles blocking one another until they can scarcely move
    type of:
    attroupement, rassemblement
    a group of persons together in one place
  6. noun
    disparaging terms for the common people
    synonyms: racaille
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    types:
    racaille, vermine
    worthless people
    type of:
    peuple
    people in general (often used in the plural)
  7. noun
    something that resembles a flowing stream in moving continuously
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    type of:
    mouvement
    a state of change
  8. noun
    an ill-structured collection of similar things (objects or people)
    synonyms: multitude
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    types:
    tignasse
    a bushy thick mass (especially hair)
    type of:
    accumulation, amoncellement
    several things grouped together or considered as a whole
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