Feu   Fire  

couvre-feu ('fire covering'): curfew
foyer (hearth, home): foyer
focal ('pertaining to the hearth, center of fire and light rays'): focal, focus
fioule ('combustible'): fuel   the old French word fouaille (burning wood) was borrowed by English as fuel and borrowed back by French as fuel and later fioule

fusil ('fire [stone]', rifle): fusilier (fusiller), fusillade ('a volley of gun-shots', fusillade)

 Ã‰volution phonétique: phonetic evolution

Es fuego (fire)
It fuoco (fire), coprifuoco (couvre-feu), fucile (rifle)


Eau: Water
Glace: Ice
Onde: Wave
Flux: Stream
Source: Spring
Feu: Fire
Cendre: Ash
Flamber: to Burn
Lumière: Light
Briller: to Shine
Obscur: Dark
Ombre: Shadow
Or: Gold
Argent: Silver
Fer: Iron
Pierre: Stone
Charbon: Coal


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