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fouille

search, dig, excavation

noun FWEE Rare

Also means

frisking

Usage Note

fouille comes from fouiller (to search, to rummage). Archaeological excavations are called des fouilles archéologiques, often shortened to les fouilles. In a security context, une fouille corporelle is a body search. The verb fouiller can mean both to dig and to search through someone's belongings.

Examples

"Les fouilles ont révélé des ruines romaines."

Natural Translation

The excavations revealed Roman ruins.

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