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sauvage
sauvage
French
Adjective
sauvage m, f (plural sauvages)
Adjective
sauvage m (feminine singular sauvagesse, masculine plural sauvages, feminine plural sauvagesses)
- (chiefly Canada, obsolete, offensive) Amerindian
Noun
sauvage m (plural sauvages, feminine sauvagesse)
- (chiefly Canada, obsolete, offensive) Amerindian
Norman
Etymology
Ultimately from Vulgar Latin *salvāticus, from Latin silvāticus, from silva (“forest”).
Pronunciation
Adjective
sauvage m, f
Old French
Adjective
sauvage m (oblique and nominative feminine singular sauvage)
Declension
Declension of sauvage