faustien

fostjɛ̃

faustiennefaustiennes

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Definition of faustien - Reverso French Dictionary

Adjective

mythe

Rare

qui concerne Faust ou son mythe célèbre

Rare

Cette pièce reprend des thèmes faustiens classiques.

pacte

Rare

qui évoque un pacte diabolique pour obtenir pouvoir ou savoir

Rare

Il a fait un choix faustien en vendant ses valeurs.

diabolique

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pacte faustien

accord où on abandonne ses valeurs morales pour obtenir richesse ou pouvoir

Il a signé un pacte faustien en acceptant cet argent sale.

Origin of faustien

allemand, Faust (nom propre) + -ien (suffixe) (Faust, relatif à)

Examples of faustien in a sentence

Le pacte faustien du héros l’entraîne vers une irrémédiable damnation.
Son ambition presque faustienne inquiétait ses collègues.
Le contrat contenait une clause faustienne qu'il n'avait pas vue venir.

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English:Faustian, ...
German:faustisch, ...
Italian:faustiano, ...
Spanish:faustiano, faústico, ...
Portuguese:faustiano, ...
Chinese:浮士德式的, 浮士德般的, ...
Japanese:ファウスト的な, 悪魔的な契約のような, ...
Arabic:فَاوْسْتِيّ, ...
Hebrew:פָאוּסְטִי, שָׁטָנִי, ...
Russian:фаустовский, ...
Ukrainian:фаустівський, диявольський, ...
Catalan:faustià, ...
Danish:faustisk, som minder om en pagt med djævlen, ...
Dutch:Faustiaans, ...
Greek:φαουστικός, διαβολικός, ...
Hungarian:fausti, ...
Khmer:ហ្វាស្តៀន, ហ្វៅស្ទៀន, ...
Korean:파우스트적인, 악마와의 계약을 연상시키는, ...
Polish:faustowski, ...
Portuguese (BR):faustiano, ...
Romanian:faustic, demonic, ...
Swedish:faustisk, ...
Thai:แบบฟาวสต์, แบบฟาวส์ท, ...
Turkish:Faustvari, faustvari, ...
Vietnamese:mang tính Faust, kiểu Faust, ...

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