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English
Etymology
Unadapted borrowing from French farouche.
Pronunciation
Adjective
farouche (comparative more farouche, superlative most farouche)
- Sullen or recalcitrant.
Translations
French
Etymology
From Old French faroche, alteration of forasche, from Late Latin forāsticus (“belonging outside”), from Latin forās (“out of doors”).
Pronunciation
Adjective
farouche (plural farouches)
- (of animals) wild, shy of humans
- apprivoiser une bête farouche ― to tame a wild beast
- shy, unsociable, retiring, hesitant
- un regard farouche ― a shy glance
1960, “L'eau à la bouche”, performed by Serge Gainsbourg:Écoute ma voix écoute ma prière / Écoute mon cœur qui bat, laisse-toi faire / Je t’en prie ne sois pas farouche / Quand me vient l’eau à la bouche- Listen to my voice, listen to my prayer / Listen to my beating heart, let yourself go / I beg you don't be shy / When my mouth waters
- (of women) distant, unapproachable
Cette femme est bien farouche.- This woman is very unapproachable.
- stubborn, intransigent
Les Québécois sont farouches au sujet de leur francophonie.- The Québécois are stubborn about speaking French.
- (of things) savage, dangerous, fierce
- (of supporters) staunch
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