enfant terrible

See also: Enfant terrible

English

Etymology

Borrowed from French enfant terrible (“terrible child”).

Noun

enfant terrible (plural enfants terribles)

  1. An unconventional badly-behaved person who causes embarrassment or shock to others.
    • 2010, Peter Coleman, Quadrant, March 2010, No. 464 (Volume LIV, Number 3), Quadrant Magazine Limited, page 86:
      He was soon the talk of the town, the enfant terrible of our little world.
  2. An unusually successful person who is strikingly unorthodox, innovative, and/or avant-garde.

Translations

Catalan

Noun

enfant terrible m (plural enfants terribles)

  1. enfant terrible

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from French enfant terrible (“terrible child”).

Pronunciation
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Noun

enfant terrible n (plural enfants terribles)

  1. enfant terrible

French

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ɑ̃.fɑ̃ tɛ.ʁibl/

Noun

enfant terrible m (plural enfants terribles)

  1. enfant terrible
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