transfuge
English
Etymology
French transfuge
Noun
transfuge (plural transfuges)
- (dated) A deserter.
- (dated) A turncoat.
Translations
deserter — see deserter
turncoat — see turncoat
French
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin trānsfuga (“deserter”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /tʁɑ̃s.fyʒ/
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Noun
transfuge m or f by sense (plural transfuges)
- deserter, defector, turncoat
- Synonym: déserteur
- (figuratively) defector
- transfuge de classe ― class defector
Further reading
- “transfuge”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Latin
Verb
trānsfuge
- second-person singular present active imperative of trānsfugiō