médicastre

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian medicastro.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /me.di.kastʁ/

Noun

médicastre m or f (plural médicastres)

1. (derogatory) medicaster

   Synonyms: charlatan, médicaillon, mège

Related terms

• médecin

See also

• guérisseur
• rebouteux

Further reading

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