furax
French
Etymology
From furieux + -ax. The Latin word is unrelated.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /fy.ʁaks/
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Adjective
furax (invariable)
- (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 [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Latin
Etymology
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈfuː.raːks]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈfuː.raks]
Adjective
fūrāx (genitive fūrācis, superlative fūrācissimus); third-declension one-termination adjective
- 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 | ||
Descendants
- → Italian: furace
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.