What does foin in French mean?

What is the meaning of the word foin in French? The article explains the full meaning, pronunciation along with bilingual examples and instructions on how to use foin in French.

The word foin in French means hay, hay, din, choke, to hell with, It's like looking for a needle in a haystack, daft as a brush, haystack, cause a stir, make a racket, hayloft, haystack, hayrick. To learn more, please see the details below.

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Meaning of the word foin

hay

nom masculin (herbes fauchées et séchées) (dried grass)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
En hiver, les vaches mangent du foin.
In winter, the cows eat hay.

hay

nom masculin (herbe à fourrage) (animal food)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
Le foin se fauche généralement en juin.
Hay is usually cut in June.

din

nom masculin (figuré (bruit)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
La fête votive a fait du foin cette nuit !
The village fete made a din during the night.

choke

nom masculin (poils du cœur de l'artichaut) (centre of artichoke)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
Il faut enlever le foin avant de manger le cœur de l'artichaut.
You need to remove the choke before eating the artichoke heart.

to hell with

interjection (vieilli (expression de mépris, au diable [qch] !) (slang)

(interjection: Exclamation--for example, "Oh no!" "Wow!")
Foin de caviar, nous prendrons des œufs de lump.
To hell with caviar! We'll have lumpfish roe.

It's like looking for a needle in a haystack

(expression d'une grande difficulté) (figurative)

(expression: Prepositional phrase, adverbial phrase, or other phrase or expression--for example, "behind the times," "on your own.")
Cela va nous prendre une éternité : autant chercher une aiguille dans une botte de foin !
This is going to take us forever; it's like looking for a needle in a haystack!

daft as a brush

locution adjectivale (familier, péjoratif (complètement idiot) (informal)

(adjective: Describes a noun or pronoun--for example, "a tall girl," "an interesting book," "a big house.")

haystack

nom féminin (foin réuni en masse)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
Les agriculteurs forment des bottes de foin.

cause a stir

locution verbale (familier, péjoratif (faire scandale, tapage) (scandal)

(verbal expression: Phrase with special meaning functioning as verb--for example, "put their heads together," "come to an end.")
Cette histoire a fait beaucoup de foin en son temps.

make a racket

locution verbale (familier, péjoratif (faire désordre, du bruit,) (noise)

(verbal expression: Phrase with special meaning functioning as verb--for example, "put their heads together," "come to an end.")
Les voisins font du foin tous les samedis.

hayloft

nom masculin (réserve de foin pour l'hiver)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)

haystack, hayrick

nom masculin (balle de foin)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
Autrefois, on voyait dans les champs des meules de foin.

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