suif
tallow, suet
noun SWEEF Rare
Origin: Old French seu, from Latin sebum (fat, grease)
Usage Note
Suif is the rendered fat from cattle or sheep, traditionally used for candles and soap. In colloquial French, il y a du suif signals that trouble is brewing — an informal idiom unrelated to the culinary sense. The final f is pronounced.
Examples
"Les bougies d'autrefois étaient faites de suif."
Natural Translation
Candles of the past were made from tallow.
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