bretteur

French

Etymology

From bretter +‎ -eur.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bʁɛ.tœʁ/

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Noun

bretteur m (plural bretteurs)

1. quarreller, brawler (person who likes to fight and readily picks fights)

   Near-synonyms: ferrailleur, duelliste, spadassin

Descendants

• → Russian: бретёр (bretjór)

Further reading

• “bretteur”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012