braconnier
See also: Braconnier
French edit
Etymology edit
From braconner (“to poach”) + -ier.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
braconnier m (plural braconniers, feminine braconnière)
- poacher
- 2019, Patricia Huon, “Au Mozambique, les éléphants meurent énormément”, in Libération[1]:
- «Il y avait beaucoup de sang, raconte Sebastião Saize, debout devant les restes d’une famille d’éléphants tuée par des braconniers il y a deux ans. J’étais à la fois triste et tellement en colère.»
- "There was a lot of blood", says Sebastião Saize, standing before the remains of a family of elephants killed by poachers two years ago. "I was both sad and so angry."
Related terms edit
Descendants edit
- → Russian: браконьер (brakonʹjer)
- → Georgian: ბრაკონიერი (braḳonieri)
See also edit
Further reading edit
- “braconnier”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.