Fourier

English

Etymology

French Fourier

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈfʊriˌeɪ/, /ˈfʊriˌər/

Proper noun

Fourier

A surname.

Derived terms

See also

French mathematician Joseph Fourier
French utopian socialist and philosopher Charles Fourier

French

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /fu.ʁje/

Proper noun

Fourier ?

a surname

Derived terms

transformation de Fourier

See also

French mathematician Joseph Fourier
French utopian socialist and philosopher Charles Fourier

German

Etymology

Borrowed from French fourrier, derived from Old French fuerre (“hay; fodder”), from Frankish *fodar, from Proto-Germanic *fōdrą (“fodder”), whence Futter. Doublet of Furier.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /fuˈʁiːɐ̯/
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Noun

Fourier m (strong, genitive Fouriers, plural Fouriere)

(Austria, Switzerland, military) quartermaster
(Switzerland) quartermaster sergeant (class of rank)

Declension

Declension of Fourier [masculine, strong]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	der	Fourier	die	Fouriere
genitive	eines	des	Fouriers	der	Fouriere
dative	einem	dem	Fourier	den	Fourieren
accusative	einen	den	Fourier	die	Fouriere

Further reading

“Fourier” in Duden online

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