What does fléau in French mean?

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

The word fléau in French means plague, scourge, bane, curse, flail, flail, beam balance, scourge of God, God's scourge, Scourge of God, societal scourge. To learn more, please see the details below.

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Meaning of the word fléau

plague, scourge, bane

nom masculin (épidémie dévastatrice) (figurative)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
Le sida est le fléau de notre époque.
AIDS is the plague of our time.

curse

nom masculin (phénomène dévastateur) (figurative, usually singular)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
Les inondations sont de véritables fléaux en Asie.
The floods are a real curse in Asia.

flail

nom masculin (instrument agricole) (agriculture, tool)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
Ils battaient les blés avec leurs fléaux.
They beat the wheat with their flails.

flail

nom masculin (arme moyen-âgeuse) (weapon: historical)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
Les chevaliers utilisaient des fléaux.
Knights used flails.

beam balance

nom féminin (balance avec deux plateaux) (scale)

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

scourge of God, God's scourge

nom masculin (cataclysme) (disaster)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
Les séismes sont des fléaux de dieu.

Scourge of God

nom propre masculin (figuré (Attila) (Attila the Hun)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
Attila est surtout connu pour avoir été le fléau de Dieu.

societal scourge

nom masculin (figuré (chose néfaste à la société) (figurative)

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

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