sauvage

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (France) IPA^(key): /so.vaʒ/

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• (Canada) IPA^(key): /sɔ.vaʒ/

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Adjective

sauvage (plural sauvages)

1. wild, untamed

Adjective

sauvage (feminine singular sauvagesse, masculine plural sauvages, feminine plural sauvagesses)

1. (especially Canada, obsolete, offensive) (Louisiana, offensive) Amerindian

Noun

sauvage m (plural sauvages, feminine sauvagesse)

1. (especially Canada, obsolete, offensive) (Louisiana, offensive) Amerindian

Further reading

• “sauvage” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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Adjective

sauvage m, f

1. (Jersey) wild; untamed

Alternative forms

• salvage

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin salvāticus, from Latin silvāticus. Compare Old Occitan sauvatge, salvatge.

Adjective

sauvage m (oblique and nominative feminine singular sauvage)

1. wild; untamed