transfuge

English

Etymology

French transfuge

Noun

transfuge (plural transfuges)

(dated) A deserter.
(dated) A turncoat.

Translations

deserter — see deserter

turncoat — see turncoat

French

Etymology

Learned borrowing 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
(figurative) 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

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