# feu de joie

> English word · Noun

## Definitions
1. A bonfire.
2. A celebratory salute made by firing guns into the air sequentially along a line.

## Etymology
Unadapted borrowing from French feu de joie (literally “fire of joy”).

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/feu-de-joie