sauvage.
wild, untouched, unspoiled, pristine
Meaning & usage
wild, untouched, unspoiled, pristine
une région sauvage
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
feral
un enfant sauvage
primitive, uncivilized
coarse, unrefined
uncontained, anarchic; unregulated; unauthorized
la publicité sauvage
une grève sauvage
asocial, recluse (living in an eccentric, isolated way, not interested in social contact or appealing to others)
Amerindian
Where this word comes from
Inherited from Old French sauvage, salvage, from Vulgar Latin salvāticus, from Latin silvāticus, from silva (“forest”).
barbarian, savage
hermit, recluse
Amerindian
an Amerindian language
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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