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Etymology

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Borrowed from French Foucault.

Proper noun

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Foucault (countable and uncountable, plural Foucaults)

  1. A surname from French.
    1. Michel Foucault
      • 1997: Chris Horrocks, Introducing Foucault, page 5 (Totem Books, Icon Books; →ISBN
        There are many “Foucaults” — whether they are all texts, or features in a network of institutional power, a régime of truth and knowledge, or the discourse of the author and his works.
    2. Jean Bernard Léon Foucault, French physicist (1819–1868)

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Statistics

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  • According to the 2010 United States Census, Foucault is the 51941st most common surname in the United States, belonging to 400 individuals. Foucault is most common among White (86.5%) and Black/African American (11.75%) individuals.

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French

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Pronunciation

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Proper noun

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Foucault m or f

  1. a surname
  2. (physics) the French physicist Jean Bernard Léon Foucault
  3. (philosophy) the French philosopher Michel Foucault

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Italian

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Pronunciation

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Proper noun

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Foucault m or f by sense

  1. A surname in French

References

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  1. ^ Foucault in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)