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sauvage

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adjective
  1. wild, untouched, unspoiled, pristine
  2. wild, untamed, not domesticatedoften used to qualify a wild alternative or pendant for a cultivated plant or domestic animal
  3. feral
  4. primitive, uncivilized
  5. coarse, unrefined
nounmasculineobsolete
  1. barbarian, savage
  2. hermit, recluse
  3. Amerindian
  4. an Amerindian language

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  • je n'ai jamais eu de trouble avec les Sauvages; je me suis toujours bien accordé avec eux.No: I have never had any trouble with the Indians; I have always agreed well with them.B1Maria Chapdelaine
  • Les Iroquois chassaient les fugitifs comme des bêtes sauvages.The Iroquois hunted fugitives like wild beasts.B2Le Chevalier de Mornac
  • — Et moi, continua Aramis de sa voix douce et mélodieuse, songe que je te brûle à petit feu comme un sauvage."And I," continued Aramis, with his sweet and melodious voice, "think that I am burning you with little fire like a savage.B2Les Trois Mousquetaires
  • Les tribus sauvages ne sont jamais nombreuses.Wild tribes are never numerous.C1Histoire du Canada, tome I

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