sauvège

Champenois

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /so.vɛʒ/

Adjective

sauvège m (plural sauvèges)

1. (Troyen) wild

References

• Jean Daunay, Parlers de Champagne, 1998
• Baudouin, Glossaire de la forêt de Clairvaux (Ville-sous-la-Ferté), 1887