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- [fur duh lans, lahns]
- /fɜr də læns, lɑns/
- /ˈfɜː də lɑːns/
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- US Pronunciation
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- [fur duh lans, lahns]
- /fɜr də læns, lɑns/
Definitions of fer-de-lance word
- noun fer-de-lance a large pit viper, Bothrops atrox, of tropical America. 1
- noun fer-de-lance a large highly venomous tropical American snake, Trimeresurus (or Bothops) atrox, with a greyish-brown mottled coloration: family Crotalidae (pit vipers) 0
- noun fer-de-lance a large, poisonous pit viper (Bothrops atrox) found in tropical America 0
- noun fer-de-lance Bothrops lanceolatus or other lancehead snakes of genus Bothrops. 0
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Origin of fer-de-lance
First appearance:
before 1875 One of the 25% newest English words
1875-80; < French: literally, spearhead
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Parts of speech for Fer-de-lance
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
fer-de-lance popularity
A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 34% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.
According to our data most of word are more popular. This word is almost not used. It has a much more popular synonym.
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