aboyeur

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /a.bwa.jœʁ/

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• Rhymes: -jœʁ

Adjective

aboyeur (feminine aboyeuse, masculine plural aboyeurs, feminine plural aboyeuses)

1. (uncommon) Which barks or makes a sound like barking

   Le lévrier irlandais est un chien amical, doux, loyal envers son maître et sa famille, calme et non aboyeur.

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Noun

aboyeur m (plural aboyeurs, feminine aboyeuse)

1. (slightly dated) someone whose job or involves crying out at people
2. (literary) someone who yells a lot at someone else, who heckles, or criticize violently in speech or writing

Further reading

• “aboyeur”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.