furax
French edit
Etymology edit
From furieux + -ax. The Latin word is unrelated.
Pronunciation edit
Adjective edit
furax (invariable)
- (informal) furious
- Synonym: furieux
- 1980, “Dans Mon H.L.M.”, in Marche à l'ombre, performed by Renaud:
- Y vivent comme ça, relax
Y a des matelats par terre
Les voisins sont furax- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
See also edit
Further reading edit
“furax”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Latin edit
Etymology edit
Pronunciation edit
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈfuː.raːks/, [ˈfuːräːks̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈfu.raks/, [ˈfuːräks]
Adjective edit
fūrāx (genitive fūrācis, superlative fūrācissimus); third-declension one-termination adjective
- thieving (inclined to steal)
Declension edit
Third-declension one-termination adjective.
Number | Singular | Plural | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Case / Gender | Masc./Fem. | Neuter | Masc./Fem. | Neuter | |
Nominative | fūrāx | fūrācēs | fūrācia | ||
Genitive | fūrācis | fūrācium | |||
Dative | fūrācī | fūrācibus | |||
Accusative | fūrācem | fūrāx | fūrācēs | fūrācia | |
Ablative | fūrācī | fūrācibus | |||
Vocative | fūrāx | fūrācēs | fūrācia |
References edit
- “furax”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “furax”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- furax in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.