garçon manqué
French
Etymology
Literally "failed boy"[1] or "deficient boy"[2], garçon (“boy”) + manqué, the past participle form of manquer (“to lack, to be lacking in”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɡaʁ.sɔ̃ mɑ̃.ke/
Noun
garçon manqué m (plural garçons manqués)
- tomboy; girl who behaves like a boy
See also
- fille manquée
References
- the translation used in the Political and Historical Encyclopedia of Women (2003, →ISBN
- A Story of Her Own: The Female Oedipus Complex Reexamined and Renamed (2008; →ISBN