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 (N 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.