farouche
French, adjective/fa.ʁuʃ/
farouche is a French adjective meaning “wild, shy of humans” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Sauvage, indompté, qui s’enfuit quand on l’approche, en parlant des bêtes”.
What does farouche mean in English?
adjective
- 1
wild, shy of humans
apprivoiser une bête farouche
- 2
shy, unsociable, retiring, hesitant
un regard farouche
- 3
distant, unapproachable
Cette femme est bien farouche.
- 4
stubborn, intransigent
Les Québécois sont farouches au sujet de leur francophonie.
- 5
savage, dangerous, fierce
- 6
staunch
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Sauvage, indompté, qui s’enfuit quand on l’approche, en parlant des bêtes. 2. Craintif, ombrageux, insociable, intraitable… en parlant des personnes. 3. Craintif, peureux, ombrageux, en parlant de l’air, du regard, des manières, des sentiments, etc. 4. Se dit d’une jeune fille ou d’une femme qui refuse que l’on lui fasse la cour.
noun: 1. Variante de farouch.
The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.
Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of farouche
- farouches plural
- fourâche
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce farouche?
- /fa.ʁuʃ/
- \fa.ʁuʃ\
- [fa.ʁuʃ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to farouche
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is farouche in French?
farouche appears 2.1 times per million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).