zouave
See also: Zouave
French edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Arabic زَوَاوِيّ (zawāwiyy).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
zouave m (plural zouaves)
- (military, historical) Zouave
- (figuratively) an eccentric person
Further reading edit
- “zouave”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.