sauvage

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French [edit]

Etymology [edit]

Ultimately from Vulgar Latin salvaticus, from silvaticus, from silva (forest).

Pronunciation [edit]

Adjective [edit]

sauvage (masculine and feminine, plural sauvages)

  1. wild, untamed

Adjective [edit]

sauvage m (feminine sauvagesse, masculine plural sauvages, feminine plural sauvagesses)

  1. Amerindian

Noun [edit]

sauvage m (plural sauvages; feminine sauvagesse, plural sauvagesses)

  1. Amerindian

Jèrriais [edit]

Etymology [edit]

Ultimately from Vulgar Latin *salvāticus, from Latin silvāticus, from silva (forest).

Adjective [edit]

sauvage (epicene, plural sauvages)

  1. wild; untamed

Old French [edit]

Adjective [edit]

sauvage m and f

  1. wild; untamed

Declension [edit]

Descendants [edit]