faire-valoir

French

Etymology

From faire valoir.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /fɛʁ.va.lwaʁ/
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Noun

faire-valoir m (plural faire-valoir)

a sidekick, a foil, a stooge
faire-valoir comique ― straight man; comic relief

Further reading

“faire-valoir”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

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