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farouche.

wild, shy of humans

8 characters3 syllables approx.Français language

Meaning & usage

adj/fa.ʁuʃ/

  1. wild, shy of humans

    apprivoiser une bête farouche

  2. shy, unsociable, retiring, hesitant

    un regard farouche

  3. distant, unapproachable

    Cette femme est bien farouche.

  4. stubborn, intransigent

    Les Québécois sont farouches au sujet de leur francophonie.

  5. savage, dangerous, fierce

  6. staunch

Where this word comes from

From Old French faroche, alteration of forasche, from Late Latin forāsticus (“belonging outside”), from Latin forās (“out of doors”).

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Last enriched 2026-09-10. Definitions are in English. Romanizations are shown when supplied by the source; syllable estimates are omitted for unsupported scripts.