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 quote)
See also
- relax
Further reading
“furax”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Latin
Etymology
From fūr (“thief”) + -ax.
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈfuː.raːks/, [ˈfuːräːks̠]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈfu.raks/, [ˈfuːräks]
Adjective
fūrāx (genitive fūrācis, superlative fūrācissimus); third-declension one-termination adjective
- thieving (inclined to steal)
Declension
Third-declension one-termination adjective.
| Number | Singular | Plural | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case / Gender | 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 | ||
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