fécule de pommes de terre (fā-kül´ de pum de târ´).—Potato starch, used especially in making Savoy cakes, and others.
femme couverte (fȧm kōō vert), a married woman.
femme de chambre (fȧm de shäNbr´), a chambermaid.
femme de charge (fȧm de shȧrzh), a housekeeper.
femme galante (fȧm gȧ läNt´), a gay woman; a prostitute.
femme sole (fȧm sōl´), an unmarried woman.
fendre un cheveu en quatre (fäN dröN she vö äN kȧtr´), to split a hair in four; to make subtle distinctions.
fête (fet), a feast; festival; holiday.
fête champêtre (fet shäN petr´), a rural out-of-door feast; a festival in the fields.
fête Dieu (fet dē ō´), the Corpus Christi festival in the Roman Catholic church.