"zouave" meaning in French

See zouave in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /zwav/ Audio: LL-Q150 (fra)-Lepticed7-zouave.wav Forms: zouaves [plural]
Rhymes: -av Etymology: Borrowed from Arabic زَوَاوِيّ (zawāwiyy). Etymology templates: {{glossary|loanword|Borrowed}} Borrowed, {{bor|fr|ar|زَوَاوِيّ|||g=|g2=|g3=|id=|lit=|nocat=|pos=|sc=|sort=|tr=|ts=}} Arabic زَوَاوِيّ (zawāwiyy), {{bor+|fr|ar|زَوَاوِيّ}} Borrowed from Arabic زَوَاوِيّ (zawāwiyy) Head templates: {{fr-noun|m}} zouave m (plural zouaves)
  1. (military, historical) Zouave Tags: historical, masculine Categories (topical): Military, American Civil War
    Sense id: en-zouave-fr-noun-AWED4Fb1 Disambiguation of American Civil War: 89 11 Topics: government, military, politics, war
  2. (figuratively) an eccentric person Tags: figuratively, masculine
    Sense id: en-zouave-fr-noun-~KlloJy0 Categories (other): French entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of French entries with incorrect language header: 24 76

Inflected forms

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