fongus

• fungus

Adaptation of Latin fungus; also found in Middle French as fonge.

• IPA^(key): /fɔ̃.ɡys/

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fongus m (plural fongus)

1. (botany) fungus
2. (medicine) a kind of tumor that forms on the skin and has a microscopic appearance of a sponge or fungus

• champignon

• “fongus”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.