furax

French

Etymology

From furieux +‎ -ax. The Latin word is unrelated.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fy.ʁaks/

• Audio:

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Adjective

furax (invariable)

1. (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 quotation)

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 Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈfuː.raːks/, [ˈfuːräːks̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈfu.raks/, [ˈfuːräks]

Adjective

fūrāx (genitive fūrācis, superlative fūrācissimus); third-declension one-termination adjective

1. thieving (inclined to steal)

Declension

Third-declension one-termination adjective.

	singular			plural
	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.