fauverie
French, noun/fo.vʁi/
fauverie is spelled F-A-U-V-E-R-I-E (8 letters) and appears about once in every 78 million words in written French, the 276,145th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Fauverie is a French feminine noun meaning “an enclosure for containing and displaying wild animals” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Caractère de ce qui a la couleur fauve”.
What does fauverie mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininean enclosure for containing and displaying wild animals
- 2
femininethe characteristic color of the fauvist artists
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Caractère de ce qui a la couleur fauve. 2. Enclos où l’on garde les grands fauves, dans un jardin zoologique, ou un cirque. 3. Lieu qui évoque une ménagerie de fauves.
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 fauverie
- fauveries plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce fauverie?
- /fo.vʁi/
- \fo.vʁi\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is fauverie in French?
fauverie appears about once in every 78 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).