le feu

Definition: fire, stoplight, stove burner

Je vais allumer un feu - I'm going to start a fire

Il ne s'est pas arrêté au feu rouge / aux feux rouges - He didn't stop at the red (stop)light

Il y a du café sur le feu - There's some coffee on the stove

Tu as du feu ? - Do you have a light?

(formal adjective) recently deceased

Son feu oncle - His late uncle

Ma feue grand-mère, Feu ma grand-mère - My late grandmother

Feu Madame Bouvier - The late Madame Bouvier

Note that feu is invariable when placed in front of a title or possessive adjective.

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