enfant terrible

See also Enfant terrible

English

Etymology

Borrowing from French enfant terrible (“terrible child”).

Noun

enfant terrible (plural enfants terribles)

1. An unconventional badly-behaved person who causes embarrassment or shock to others.
   • 2010, Peter Coleman, Quadrant, March 2010, No. 464 (Volume LIV, Number 3), Quadrant Magazine Limited, page 86:

     He was soon the talk of the town, the enfant terrible of our little world.

Translations

unconventional badly-behaved person

Chinese: Mandarin: 顽童 (zh), 淘气鬼 (zh) Dutch: enfant terrible (nl) n. Finnish: kauhukakara (fi)

French: enfant terrible (fr) m. German: Enfant terrible (de) n. Russian: анфан-террибль (ru) (anfán-terríbl') m., несносный человек (ru) (nesnósnyj čelovék) m.

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Dutch

Noun

enfant terrible n. (plural enfants terribles)

1. enfant terrible

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French

Etymology

enfant (“child”) +‎ terrible (“terrible”)

Noun

enfant terrible m.

1. enfant terrible