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foule [ful]feminine noun• il n'y avait pas foule ! there was hardly anyone there!* * *ful1) ( multitude de personnes) gén crowd; ( menaçante) mobattirer les foules — [spectacle, chanteur] to be a crowd-puller
2) ( grand nombre) mass* * *ful nf(= personnes) crowdune foule de fig — loads of
J'ai une foule de choses à faire ce week-end. — I've got loads of things to do this weekend.
* * *foule nf1 ( multitude de personnes) gén crowd; ( menaçante) mob; tirer dans la foule to fire into the crowd; se frayer un chemin dans la foule to make one's way through the crowd; mettre la foule en délire to send the crowd into a frenzy; la foule hostile the hostile mob; la foule des acheteurs/manifestants the crowds of shoppers/demonstrators; il n'y a pas foule aujourd'hui there isn't exactly a crowd today; il y avait foule à la réunion there were masses of people at the meeting; ce groupe n'attire or ne déplace pas les foules this band isn't exactly a crowd-puller; les admirateurs de l'écrivain sont venus en foule à la conférence the writer's admirers flocked to the conference;2 ( grand nombre) mass; une foule de détails/d'indices/ de questions a mass of details/of clues/of questions; une foule de gens a crowd of people; des foules de piétons crowds of pedestrians;3 †( peuple) la foule pej the masses (pl); chercher à plaire à la foule to seek to please the masses.[ful] nom féminin2. [masses populaires]la foule, les foules the masses3. [grand nombre]————————en foule locution adverbiale[venir, se présenter] in huge numbers
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