garçon manqué

French

Etymology

Literally "failed boy"[1] or "deficient boy"[2], garçon (“boy”) + manqué, the past participle form of manquer (“to lack, to be lacking in”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ɡaʁ.sɔ̃ mɑ̃.ke/

Noun

garçon manqué m (plural garçons manqués)

  1. tomboy; girl who behaves like a boy

See also

References
  1. the translation used in the Political and Historical Encyclopedia of Women (2003, →ISBN
  2. A Story of Her Own: The Female Oedipus Complex Reexamined and Renamed (2008; →ISBN
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