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

• Dutch: enfant terrible n
• Finnish: kauhukakara (fi)
• French: enfant terrible (fr) m

• German: Enfant terrible (de) n
• Japanese: アンファンテリブル
• Russian: анфа́н-терри́бль m (anfán-terríblʹ), несно́сный челове́к m (nesnósnyj čelovék)
• Spanish: niño terrible m

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Dutch

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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Noun

enfant terrible n (plural enfants terribles)

1. enfant terrible

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French

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɑ̃.fɑ̃ tɛ.ʁibl/

Noun

enfant terrible m (plural enfants terribles)

1. enfant terrible