sauvage
Meanings
Adjective
1. wild, untouched, unspoiled, pristine
2. wild, untamed, not domesticated (often used to qualify a wild alternative or pendant for a cultivated plant or domestic animal)
3. feral
4. primitive, uncivilized
5. coarse, unrefined
6. uncontained, anarchic; unregulated; unauthorized
7. asocial, recluse (living in an eccentric, isolated way, not interested in social contact or appealing to others)
8. Amerindian (North America, obsolete, offensive)
Examples66
un animal sauvage
a wild animal
la publicité sauvage
unauthorized advertising
du camping sauvage
wild camping or dispersed camping
de l'ail sauvage
wild garlic, wood garlic
Ne sois pas si sauvage, Jack.
Don't be so wild, Jack.
Je ne suis pas aussi sauvage que cela.
I'm not that wild.