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sauvage

/so.vaʒ/

adjective/so.vaʒ/

wild, untouched, unspoiled, pristine; wild, untamed, not domesticated (often used to qualify a wild alternative or pendant for a cultivated plant or domestic animal); feral; primitive, uncivilized; coarse, unrefined

une région sauvage

Synonyms: des champs, des prés, des bois, marron, ensauvagé, féral, primitif, rustique

Antonyms: anthropisé, cultivé, domestique, civilisé

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

noun, masculine/so.vaʒ/plural: sauvages

barbarian, savage; hermit, recluse; Amerindian; an Amerindian language

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