vautour
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French
Etymology
Inherited from Old French voltur, voutour, from Classical Latin vulturem. Compare Old Italian avvoltore, Catalan and Occitan voltor.
Pronunciation
Noun
vautour m (plural vautours)
- vulture
- (derogatory, figuratively) shark, vulture
- Synonym: rapace
Derived terms
Further reading
- “vautour”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
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