pierre à fusil
French, noun/pjɛ.ʁ‿a fy.zi/
pierre à fusil is a French feminine noun meaning “flint (piece of flint, such as a gunflint, used to produce a spark by striking it with a firestriker)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Caillou qu’on frappe avec le briquet pour faire du feu et qu’on mettait aussi au chien d’une arme à feu”.
What does pierre à fusil mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineflint (piece of flint, such as a gunflint, used to produce a spark by striking it with a firestriker)
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Caillou qu’on frappe avec le briquet pour faire du feu et qu’on mettait aussi au chien d’une arme à feu.
The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.
Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of pierre à fusil
- pierres à fusil plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce pierre à fusil?
- /pjɛ.ʁ‿a fy.zi/
- /pje.ʁ‿a fy.zi/
- \pjɛ.ʁ‿a.fy.zi\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to pierre à fusil
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.