braconnier

See also: Braconnier

French

Etymology

From braconner (“to poach”) +‎ -ier.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /bʁa.kɔ.nje/
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Noun

braconnier m (plural braconniers, feminine braconnière)

  1. poacher
    • 2019, Patricia Huon, “Au Mozambique, les éléphants meurent énormément”, in Libération‎[1]:
      «Il y avait beaucoup de sang, raconte Sebastião Saize, debout devant les restes d'une famille d'éléphants tuée par des braconniers il y a deux ans. J'étais à la fois triste et tellement en colère.»
      "There was a lot of blood", says Sebastião Saize, standing before the remains of a family of elephants killed by poachers two years ago. "I was both sad and so angry."

Descendants

  • → Russian: браконьер (brakonʹjer)
    • → Georgian: ბრაკონიერი (braḳonieri)
  • → Ukrainian: браконьє́р (brakonʹjér)

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