aboyeur
French
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /a.bwa.jœʁ/
Audio: (file) - Rhymes: -jœʁ
Adjective
aboyeur (feminine aboyeuse, masculine plural aboyeurs, feminine plural aboyeuses)
- (uncommon) Which barks or makes a sound like barking
- Le lévrier irlandais est un chien amical, doux, loyal envers son maître et sa famille, calme et non aboyeur.
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Noun
aboyeur m (plural aboyeurs, feminine aboyeuse)
- (slightly dated) someone whose job or involves crying out at people
- (literary) someone who yells a lot at someone else, who heckles, or criticize violently in speech or writing
Further reading
- “aboyeur”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.