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sauvage.

wild, untouched, unspoiled, pristine

7 characters3 syllables approx.Français language

Meaning & usage

adj/so.vaʒ/France/sɔ.vaʒ/Canada
  1. wild, untouched, unspoiled, pristine

    une région sauvage
  2. wild, untamed, not domesticated (often used to qualify a wild alternative or pendant for a cultivated plant or domestic animal)

    de l'ail sauvage
    un chat sauvage
  3. feral

    un enfant sauvage
  4. primitive, uncivilized

  5. coarse, unrefined

  6. uncontained, anarchic; unregulated; unauthorized

    la publicité sauvage
    une grève sauvage
  7. asocial, recluse (living in an eccentric, isolated way, not interested in social contact or appealing to others)

  8. Amerindian

    North-America · obsolete · offensive
Where this word comes from

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

noun/so.vaʒ/France/sɔ.vaʒ/Canada
  1. barbarian, savage

    derogatory · masculine
  2. hermit, recluse

    derogatory · masculine
  3. Amerindian

    North-America · masculine · obsolete · offensive
  4. an Amerindian language

    Louisiana · masculine
Where this word comes from

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

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