sauvage
French edit
Etymology edit
Inherited from Old French sauvage, salvage, from Vulgar Latin salvāticus, from Latin silvāticus, from silva (“forest”).
Pronunciation edit
Adjective edit
sauvage (plural sauvages)
- wild, untamed, not domesticated
- coarse, unrefined
- uncontained, anarchic
- la publicité sauvage
- unregulated/unrestrained/excessive advertising
- (of a person) living in an eccentric, isolated way, not interested in social contact or appealing to others
Derived terms edit
Adjective edit
sauvage (feminine sauvagesse, masculine plural sauvages, feminine plural sauvagesses)
Noun edit
sauvage m (plural sauvages, feminine sauvagesse)
- (especially Canada, obsolete, offensive, Louisiana) Amerindian
- (Louisiana) an Amerindian language
Further reading edit
- “sauvage”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Middle English edit
Noun edit
sauvage
- Alternative form of savage
Norman edit
Etymology edit
From Old French sauvage, salvage, from Vulgar Latin salvāticus, from Latin silvāticus, from silva (“forest”).
Pronunciation edit
Audio (Jersey) (file)
Adjective edit
sauvage m or f
Old French edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
From Vulgar Latin salvāticus, from Latin silvāticus. Compare Old Occitan sauvatge, salvatge.
Adjective edit
sauvage m (oblique and nominative feminine singular sauvage)
Declension edit
Declension of sauvage