How is the word fou translated from French to English

English translation
lunatic
noun

Personne qui se comporte de façon folle et déchaînée.

A person who behaves in a wild, crazy way.

Examples with “fou”

See how the word “fou” is used in sentences

  • Un fou roulait à contresens. — Some lunatic was driving on the wrong side.

  • C'était un plan insensé dès le début. — It was a lunatic plan from the start.

  • Qui a laissé ce fou approcher des commandes ? — Who let that lunatic near the controls?

  • Rouler à cette vitesse est complètement insensé. — Driving at that speed is completely lunatic.

  • Seuls des fous se baignent ici en hiver. — Only lunatics swim here in winter.

  • Qui a eu cette idée insensée ? — Who came up with this lunatic idea?

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