furax

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French

Etymology

From furieux +‎ -ax. The Latin word is unrelated.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /fy.ʁaks/
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Adjective

furax (invariable)

  1. (informal) furious
    Synonym: furieux
    • 1980, “Dans Mon H.L.M.”, in Marche à l'ombre, performed by Renaud:
      Y vivent comme ça, relax
      Y a des matelats par terre
      Les voisins sont furax
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)

See also

Further reading

“furax”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé , 2012.

Latin

Etymology

From fūr (“thief”) +‎ -ax.

Pronunciation

Adjective

fūrāx (genitive fūrācis, superlative fūrācissimus); third-declension one-termination adjective

  1. thieving (inclined to steal)

Declension

Third-declension one-termination adjective.

singular plural
masc./fem. neuter masc./fem. neuter
nominative fūrāx fūrācēs fūrācia
genitive fūrācis fūrācium
dative fūrācī fūrācibus
accusative fūrācem fūrāx fūrācēs fūrācia
ablative fūrācī fūrācibus
vocative fūrāx fūrācēs fūrācia

References

  • “furax”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “furax”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • furax in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
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