J'ai fait entrer le loup dans la bergerie!

23:42 Apr 12, 2023 

it's any enclosed space, with or without a roof. But that doesn't change the key point: whoever said "J'ai fait entrer le loup dans la bergerie!" regrets making a stupid mistake and opening the door/gate wide open for the wulf to get right in the middle of the flock.

07:15 Apr 12, 2023 

Actually no! La bergerie is 'the place where the sheep are kept', and refers both to their pen, and also the actual building — cf. 'la porcherie' = piggery (only we don't have 'sheepery' in EN!) Sometimes the '-erie' connotes 'an enclosure' of some kind.

02:25 Apr 12, 2023 

la bergerie is a building - the barn where a flock of sheep is kept

bergerie nom féminin (de berger)

1. Bâtiment pour le logement des moutons.

Synonyme : bercail
https://www.larousse.fr/dictionnaires/francais/bergerie/8853
so

J'ai fait entrer le loup dans la bergerie!

would literally be

I brought the wolf into the sheep barn!

18:34 Apr 11, 2023 

Are you asking for British or US English?

22:49 Apr 10, 2023 

Having never encountered 'sheepfold', I was curious to find out more and was surprised by the results.


An advantage of 'fold' over 'sheepfold' (and bergerie) is that it is less pastoral and can more easily take on the meaning of 'fold' as 'community, home, organization (incl. church), etc.' as in
* Her children are all away at college now, but they always return to the fold during the holidays.
* After the last election, the Republican Party tried to bring former conservatives back into the fold.
* The team offered the star forward everything they could to bring her into the fold.
* She was afraid that he'd become upset with the church and leave the fold.
* They welcomed the newest family member into the fold.
https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/fold