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sauvage

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French

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Etymology

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Inherited from Old French sauvage, salvage, from Vulgar Latin salvāticus, from Latin silvāticus, from silva (forest).

Pronunciation

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Adjective

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sauvage (plural sauvages)

  1. wild, untouched, unspoiled, pristine
    Antonym: anthropisé
    une région sauvage(please add an English translation of this usage example)
  2. wild, untamed, not domesticated (often used to qualify a wild alternative or pendant for a cultivated plant or domestic animal)
    Synonyms: des champs, des prés, des bois, (Antilles, Réunion) marron
    Antonyms: cultivé, domestique
    de l'ail sauvagewild garlic, wood garlic
    un chat sauvagea (European) wildcat
    un animal sauvagea wild animal
  3. feral
    Synonyms: ensauvagé, féral, (Antilles, Réunion) marron
    un enfant sauvagea feral child
  4. primitive, uncivilized
    Synonym: primitif
    Antonym: civilisé
  5. coarse, unrefined
    Synonym: rustique
  6. uncontained, anarchic; unregulated; unauthorized
    Synonym: anarchique
    la publicité sauvageunauthorized advertising
    une grève sauvagea wildcat strike
    du camping sauvagewild camping or dispersed camping
  7. asocial, recluse (living in an eccentric, isolated way, not interested in social contact or appealing to others)
    Synonym: asocial
  8. (North America, obsolete, offensive) Amerindian

Derived terms

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Noun

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sauvage m (plural sauvages, feminine sauvagesse)

  1. (derogatory) barbarian, savage
  2. (derogatory) hermit, recluse
  3. (North America, obsolete, offensive) Amerindian
  4. (Louisiana) an Amerindian language

Further reading

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Middle English

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Noun

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sauvage

  1. alternative form of savage

Norman

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Etymology

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From Old French sauvage, salvage, from Vulgar Latin salvāticus, from Latin silvāticus, from silva (forest).

Pronunciation

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Adjective

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sauvage m or f

  1. (Jersey) wild; untamed

Old French

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From Vulgar Latin salvāticus, from Latin silvāticus. Compare Old Occitan sauvatge, salvatge.

Adjective

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sauvage m (oblique and nominative feminine singular sauvage)

  1. wild; untamed; barbarian

Declension

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Case masculine feminine neuter
singular subject sauvages sauvage sauvage
oblique sauvage sauvage sauvage
plural subject sauvage sauvages sauvage
oblique sauvages sauvages sauvage

Descendants

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