transfuge

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

French transfuge

Noun[edit]

transfuge (plural transfuges)

  1. (dated) A deserter.
  2. (dated) A turncoat.

Translations[edit]

French[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Learned borrowing from Latin trānsfuga (deserter).

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /tʁɑ̃s.fyʒ/
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Noun[edit]

transfuge m or f by sense (plural transfuges)

  1. deserter, defector, turncoat
    Synonym: déserteur
  2. (figurative) defector
    transfuge de classeclass defector

Further reading[edit]

Latin[edit]

Verb[edit]

trānsfuge

  1. second-person singular present active imperative of trānsfugiō