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Fauve

Meaning of "Fauve" in the English dictionary

DICTIONARY

ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD FAUVE

From French, literally: wild beast, alluding to the violence of colours, etc.

Etymology is the study of the origin of words and their changes in structure and significance.

PRONUNCIATION OF FAUVE

French


GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF FAUVE

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Fauve can act as a noun and an adjective.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

WHAT DOES FAUVE MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of Fauve in the English dictionary

The definition of Fauve in the dictionary is one of a group of French painters prominent from 1905, including Matisse, Vlaminck, and Derain, characterized by the use of bright colours and simplified forms. Other definition of Fauve is of this group or its style.



WORDS THAT RHYME WITH FAUVE

arrondissement · aubade · auberge · boudin · Brazzaville · chanteuse · coquille · entente · entremets · flacon · longueur · mondaine · monsieur · mousseline · pot-au-feu · poussin · quinze · remblai · verlan · vol-au-vent

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE FAUVE

Faunus · faur · Faust · Faustian · Faustus · faut · faute de mieux · fauteuil · fautor · fauvette · Fauvism · Fauvist

WORDS THAT END LIKE FAUVE

a cut above · above · achieve · active · Algarve · alive · alternative · archive · arrive · automotive · believe · de Duve · Deneuve · interfluve · mauve · Perkin´s mauve · roman-fleuve · Sainte-Beuve · Struve · Villeneuve

Synonyms and antonyms of Fauve in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «Fauve» into 25 languages

TRANSLATOR

TRANSLATION OF FAUVE

Find out the translation of Fauve to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.

The translations of Fauve from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «Fauve» in English.
zh

Translator English - Chinese

野兽派
1,325 millions of speakers
es

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Fauve
570 millions of speakers
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English

Fauve
510 millions of speakers
hi

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Fauve
380 millions of speakers
ar

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Fauve
280 millions of speakers
ru

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Fauve
278 millions of speakers
pt

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Fauve
270 millions of speakers
bn

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Fauve
260 millions of speakers
fr

Translator English - French

Fauve
220 millions of speakers
ms

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Fauve
190 millions of speakers
de

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Fauve
180 millions of speakers
ja

Translator English - Japanese

野獣派
130 millions of speakers
ko

Translator English - Korean

Fauve
85 millions of speakers
jv

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Fauve
85 millions of speakers
vi

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Fauve
80 millions of speakers
ta

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ஃபாவே
75 millions of speakers
mr

Translator English - Marathi

फॉवे
75 millions of speakers
tr

Translator English - Turkish

fauve
70 millions of speakers
it

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Fauve
65 millions of speakers
pl

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fauve
50 millions of speakers
uk

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Fauve
40 millions of speakers
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Fauve
30 millions of speakers
el

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Fauve
15 millions of speakers
af

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Fauve
14 millions of speakers
sv

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Fauve
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

Fauve
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of Fauve

TRENDS

TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «FAUVE»

Principal search tendencies and common uses of Fauve
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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about Fauve

EXAMPLES

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «FAUVE»

Discover the use of Fauve in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to Fauve and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Fauve Painting: The Making of Cultural Politics
The book will interest not only art historians and cultural historians of the period, but also scholars involved in the investigation of the politics of representation.
James D. Herbert, 1992
2
Memoirs of Napoleon Bonaparte
Best described on its title page as the "Memoirs of Napoleon Bonaparte by Louis Antoine Fauvelet de Bourrienne, his private secretary, to which are added an account of the important events of the Hundred Days, of Napoleon's surrender to the ...
Louis Antonine Fauve De Bourrienne, R. W. Phipps, 2010
3
Cities for citizens: improving metropolitan governance
à leur tour, prêtées à façonner la race unicolore noire et la race jaune fauve proprement dite (t). Kntre celles-ci est apparue, pour disparaître et reparaître au hasard, la race panachée ou perdrix qui, sur ses plumes, reçoit l'impression des  ...
Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, 1859
4
Mistral's Daughter
From the Paperback edition.
Judith Krantz, 2011
5
Domestic Service and the Formation of European Identity: ...
Before the Servant Project began its activities, on the initiative of the editor of this book, the long term history of domestic service was still in its beginning stage.
Antoinette Fauve, 2004
6
Fauve Birds, Butterflies, and Flowers/ Vogel, Schmetterlinge ...
What is the fitting wrapping for which gift? This book gives the answer - and even provides the wrapping material at the same time.
Lisa Liebmann, Eric Himmel, Sharon Avrutick, 2012
7
The Living Age ...
the shutters are closed, and Monsieur.marry. Young, and fresh, and fair, and Gringon, the master, stands at his shop-ltrained in your quiet household; but I door rejoicing in the day's receipts. have heard gossip, Monsieur Fauve,— l I I have to ...
8
Littell's Living Age
Monsieur Grincon is not spare and lean like his friend of the curiosity-shop, but he looks as hungry-eyed as the wolf in " Red Riding Hood," especially so at the sight of Monsieur Fauve. "Ah ! ah ! bon soir then," he says, in his bright cheery voice ...
Eliakim Littell, Robert S. Littell, 1874
9
Women of the New Right in Canada
These works are packaged and produced by BiblioLabs under license by ProQuest UMI.
Kristin Blakely, Fauve Young-Morrison, 2011
10
Report of the United States Geological Survey of the Territories
blanc, de brun, de blanc fauve et de roux. Il en résulte une teinte générale fauve, ondée de roux et surtout de noir sur toutes les parties supérieures et externes. Le dessous du corps, an contraire, est en entier, à partir du menton jusqu'à l'anus, ...

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «FAUVE»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term Fauve is used in the context of the following news items.
1
The Relationship Between Art, Leadership and Innovation
Henri Matisse is the founder of the Fauve movement, one of the predominant 20th century art movements. Fauve, which means "wild beast," is ... «U.S. News & World Report, Jul 15»
2
Face au léopard
Le porc-épic et le léopard curieux: Après avoir étudié de près l'animal, le fauve s'est rendu compte que le repas serait bien moins facile que ... «Paris Match, Jul 15»
3
Inside Out -- Pixar Animation-Disney Movie Is Astonishing and …
He and his co-writers Meg Le Fauve and John Cooley, along with co-director Ronaldo del Carmen, did extensive research with child ... «Huffington Post, Jul 15»
4
What's on in France: Ten things to do in July
A three-day pass costs just over €60, and you can see a bunch of acts from France and abroad, headlined by Fauve. More information here. «The Local.fr, Jun 15»
5
"Danse avec les stars" : Laurent Ournac remplace Vincent Cerutti …
Et si certains noms ont circulé comme celui d'Alizée, c'est finalement la danseuse Fauve Hautot - gagnante en saison 3 avec Emmanuel Moire ... «OZAP, Jun 15»
6
Défilés homme : le grunge chic de Saint Laurent, l'élégance sombre …
Les détails sont soignés et la palette fait la part belle au noir, marine, bordeaux, avec de subtils imprimés fauve. L'acteur Reda Kateb, souvent ... «ladepeche.fr, Jun 15»
7
Helen Schoen, 1922-2015
Survivors include her children Steven Schoen and his special friend, Mary Spire, and his children Fauve and Elke; Peggy (Dean) Goettsch and ... «Albert Lea Tribune, Jun 15»
8
Christie's Impressionist And Modern Art Sale, "Nice, Tidy & Tight"
The Fauve period oil last sold at Sotheby's New York in November 1995 for $1,652,500. Henry Moore's bronze “Reclining Figure No. 2” from Y ... «Live Trading News, Jun 15»
9
Klimt Leads Sotheby's Trophy Hunters' Night
The current taste for Modern, color-rich works was evident throughout the sale as Andre Derain's Fauve period London scene, “Londres: Le ... «BLOUIN ARTINFO, Jun 15»
10
A Matisse Comes Home, With Friends
A pre-Fauve landscape by Matisse is placed with pre-Fauvist and post-Fauvist works in the Stedelijk collection, one by Johan Jongkind and the ... «New York Times, Jun 15»
REFERENCE
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