Sauvage

Part of Speech

noun

Difficulty Level

Translations

🇩🇪 in einem Zustand der Natur oder der ersten Unschuld , 🇪🇸 en un estado de naturaleza o de inocencia primitiva. , 🇮🇹 in uno stato di natura o di prima innocenza , 🇵🇹 estado de natureza ou inocência primária , 🇨🇳 处于自然或原始纯真状态 , 🇯🇵 自然状態または最初の無垢状態 , 🇰🇷 자연 상태 혹은 최초의 순수함에 있는 것 , 🇸🇦 في حالة من الطبيعة أو البراءة الأولى , 🇮🇳 प्रकृति की अवस्था या प्रथम मासूमियत में

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Etymology

The noun **sauvage** comes from Old French *sauvage*, which in turn was borrowed from Latin **silvaticus** “of the woods, wild.” The Latin word is built on *silva* “forest” plus the suffix *‑aticus* meaning “pertaining to.” Over time, the sense widened from “wild animal in the forest” to “barbarian or untamed person,” giving the modern noun meaning “a savage, someone in a state of nature or first innocence.”

Synonyms

bête fauve animal sauvage bête de la forêt bête du bois bête du champ bête du désert

Antonyms

domestique domestiqué apprivoisé civilisé animal domestique