gavroche

French

Etymology

Named after the character in Victor Hugo’s Les Misérables.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡa.vʁɔʃ/

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• Rhymes: -ɔʃ

Noun

gavroche m (plural gavroches)

1. a young and resourceful, though usually poor, Parisian

   Synonyms: poulbot, titi

Hypernyms

• enfant
• Parisien

Derived terms

• gavrochien

Further reading

• “gavroche”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
• gavroche on the French Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^fr