No: of course o-Umlaut is pronounced like "eu" in the French word "feu" - there's nothing exactly like it in English. From Wordnik.com. [A Boehner for Science? Think Again] Reference
As a result of this, many believe the word is derived from the French word feu (meaning fire). From Wordnik.com. [blogTO] Reference
Ms Osler eventually tracked one down in Dieppe, where it was sold under the unpoetic name feu carmeliser. From Wordnik.com. [New Zealand Herald - Top Stories] Reference
And in French they are called feu d’artifice, I say, in my best educator’s voice. From Wordnik.com. [busy] Reference
"feu" half in ridicule, because in 1458 he had lost his title and lands for treason. From Wordnik.com. [Avril Being Essays on the Poetry of the French Renaissance] Reference
"La Cloche du couvre-feu tinte le clas du jour qui expire.". From Wordnik.com. [Notes and Queries, Number 07, December 15, 1849] Reference
Le voyageur, alors, eut soin de prendre la meilleure place auprès du feu. From Wordnik.com. [French Conversation and Composition] Reference
This stove (Fig. 7-83) is the East African counterpart of the feu malgache. From Wordnik.com. [7. Building Instructions] Reference
Ben c'etait bien cool moi j'dis de se retrouver depouillé pour un feu d'artifice. From Wordnik.com. [pinku-tk Diary Entry] Reference
C'est quand meme plus discret qu'Eden en gros plan sur les fesses de mon dragounet de feu!!. From Wordnik.com. [pinku-tk Diary Entry] Reference
Bon bref bref sinon dimanche je suis allé au feu d'artifice comme chaque annee en famille. From Wordnik.com. [pinku-tk Diary Entry] Reference
He afterwards granted a feu to his relation, John Forman, of some lands belonging to the Monastery. From Wordnik.com. [The Works of John Knox, Vol. 1 (of 6)] Reference
We generally close the evening around the fire in the card room at White's, a forte feu de fraix; Williams, Lord. From Wordnik.com. [George Selwyn: His Letters and His Life] Reference
Je traine les pieds, mon coeur bat la chamade, j'ai froid partout le corps mais mes joues sont en feu, j'ai des vertiges. From Wordnik.com. [pinku-tk Diary Entry] Reference
Dans le meme genre pour les festivals de feu on y fete aussi le rite de marche sur le feu qui est fait par les moines de l'ile. From Wordnik.com. [pinku-tk Diary Entry] Reference
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