peau-rouge
French, noun
peau-rouge is spelled P-E-A-U-R-O-U-G-E (9 letters). Peau-rouge is a French masculine noun meaning “Red Indian” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With a capital, Peau-Rouge is a different word: “alternative letter-case form of peau-rouge”. The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Truand”.
What does peau-rouge mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineRed Indian
Des peaux-rouges criards les avaient pris pour cibles, Les ayant cloués nus aux poteaux de couleurs.
adjective
- 1
Amerindian
Les nations peaux-rouges.
noun
- 1
masculinealternative letter-case form of peau-rouge
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Amérindien.
adjective: 1. Relatif aux Peaux-Rouges, aux Amérindiens.
noun: 1. Truand.
noun: 1. Variante orthographique de peau-rouge.
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 peau-rouge
- peaux-rouges plural
- Peau-Rouge alternative
- Peaux-Rouges plural
- peau-rouge
- peau rouge
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).