"singe savant" meaning in Français

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Noun

IPA: \sɛ̃ʒ sa.vɑ̃\ Audio: LL-Q150 (fra)-LoquaxFR-singe savant.wav Forms: singes savants [plural]
  1. Individu dressé à faire des tours prodigieux sans comprendre vraiment ce qu’il fait. Tags: pejorative
    Sense id: fr-singe_savant-fr-noun-Yuog-gfE Categories (other): Exemples en français, Termes péjoratifs en français
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Translations: trained monkey (Anglais)

Inflected forms

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    "De singe savant, des singes dressés à faire des numéros dans les foires."
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          "ref": "Joseph Kessel, Les Cavaliers, Gallimard, 1967",
          "text": "Leur satisfaction brute, leur vanité comblée, ne lui inspiraient que dégoût. Quoi ! il suffisait à leur gloire de parader tels des singes savants. Une gloire à soixante. « Ne serions-nous que deux, ce serait encore un de trop », pensait Ouroz."
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