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French
Etymology
Literally, indomitable/unconquerable Gauls; allusion to the comic Astérix by René Goscinny and Albert Uderzo, whose main characters are members of a tribe of Gauls so described at the beginning of each album.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /i.ʁe.dyk.ti.blə ɡo.lwa/
Noun
irréductible Gaulois m (plural irréductibles Gaulois)
- an indomitable person, especially a member of a small remaining group and/or one who refuses to be literally or figuratively dislodged from their position while others have been.
2021 May 8, Katie Gagnon, “Les irréductibles Gaulois de la rénoviction”, in La Presse:Deux irréductibles Gaulois résistent, encore et toujours, aux assauts des "rénovictions" qui ont vidé leurs immeubles respectifs.- Two indomitable Gauls still resist the assaults of the "renovictions" which have emptied their respective buildings.