zouave

zwav

Definition

Definition of zouave - Reverso French Dictionary

Noun, masculine

militaire

Rare

soldat d'un corps d'infanterie français créé en Algérie au 19e siècle

Rare

Les zouaves portaient un uniforme coloré avec une veste courte.

excentrique

Dated

personne qui se comporte de manière excentrique ou bizarre

Dated

Arrête de faire le zouave et sois sérieux !

excentrique

original

papal

Rare

soldat qui servait dans les troupes pontificales du Vatican

Rare

Les zouaves pontificaux défendaient les États du pape.

Adjective

excentrique

Dated

qui est excentrique ou bizarre

Dated

Il a un style vestimentaire assez zouave pour son âge.

farfelu

loufoque

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faire le zouave

se comporter de manière excentrique pour attirer l'attention

Arrête de faire le zouave et concentre-toi sur ton travail !

Origin of zouave

turc, yıva (unité militaire)

Examples of zouave in a sentence

Les zouaves formaient une unité redoutée pendant la guerre.
Dans la classe, il joue toujours au zouave.
Ce zouave a encore fait rire tout le monde.
Le zouave a été envoyé en mission à l'étranger.
Les zouaves ont participé à plusieurs campagnes militaires en Afrique.
Sa façon de parler est vraiment zouave parfois.

Ils ont organisé une fête très zouave hier soir.

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English:zouave, eccentric, ...
German:Zuave, exzentrisch, ...
Italian:zuavo, stravagante, ...
Spanish:zuavo, estrafalario, ...
Portuguese:zuavo, estrambólico, ...
Chinese:佐阿夫士兵, 古怪, ...
Japanese:ズアーヴ兵, 風変わりな, ...
Arabic:زُوَاف, غريب, ...
Hebrew:זוּאָב, מְשֻׁנֶּה, ...
Russian:зуав, эксцентричный, ...
Ukrainian:зуав, ексцентричний, ...
Catalan:zouave, estrany, ...
Danish:zouav, skør, ...
Dutch:zouaaf, excentriek, ...
Greek:ζουάβος, παράξενος, ...
Hungarian:zouáv, bogaras, ...
Khmer:ហ្សួអាវ, ប្លែក, ...
Korean:주아브, 엉뚱한, ...
Polish:żuaw, ekscentryczny, ...
Portuguese (BR):zuavo, exótico, ...
Romanian:zuav, ciudat, ...
Swedish:zouav, excentrisk, ...
Thai:ทหารซูอาฟ, แปลกประหลาด, ...
Turkish:zuav, tuhaf, ...
Vietnamese:lính Zouave, lập dị, ...

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Definition of zouave - Reverso French Dictionary

Noun, masculine

Adjective

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