savage

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• /ˈsævɪd͡ʒ/
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From Middle English savage, from Old French sauvage, salvage (“wild, untamed”), from Late Latin salvāticus, alteration of Latin silvāticus (“wild”, literally “of the woods”), from silva (“forest; grove”). Doublet of sylvatic.

* As an English surname of Norman origin, from the adjective savage. Compare Sauvage. * As an Irish surname, from ó Sabháin, also Anglicized as O'Savin; see Savin. * As a Jewish and Slavic surname, Americanized from Savich, Serbo-Croatian Savić. See Savic.

241 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Arabic: مُتَوَحِّش (mutawaḥḥiš) — wild, not cultivated
• Armenian: վայրի (vayri) — wild, not cultivated
• Belarusian: дзі́кі (dzíki) — wild, not cultivated
• Belarusian: дзіку́нскі (dzikúnski) — wild, not cultivated
• Bulgarian: див (div) — wild, not cultivated
• Catalan: salvatge — wild, not cultivated
• Chinese Mandarin: 殘暴 /残暴 (cánbào) — wild, not cultivated
• Czech: divoký — wild, not cultivated
• Dutch: wild — wild, not cultivated
• Dutch: barbaars — wild, not cultivated
• Esperanto: sovaĝa — wild, not cultivated
• Finnish: villi — wild, not cultivated
• Georgian: ველური (veluri) — wild, not cultivated
• German: wild — wild, not cultivated
• Greek: άγριος (ágrios) — wild, not cultivated
• Hindi: जंगली (jaṅglī) — wild, not cultivated
• Hungarian: vad — wild, not cultivated
• Hungarian: műveletlen — wild, not cultivated
• Ido: sovaja — wild, not cultivated
• Ingrian: diikkoi — wild, not cultivated
• Ingrian: villi — wild, not cultivated
• Interlingua: salvage — wild, not cultivated
• Italian: selvaggio — wild, not cultivated
• Latin: silvestris — wild, not cultivated
• Latin: barbarus — wild, not cultivated
• Macedonian: дивјачки (divjački) — wild, not cultivated
• Norwegian: vill — wild, not cultivated
• Polish: dziki — wild, not cultivated
• Polish: zdziczały — wild, not cultivated
• Portuguese: selvagem — wild, not cultivated
• Russian: ди́кий (díkij) — wild, not cultivated
• Russian: дика́рский (dikárskij) — wild, not cultivated
• Russian: одича́вший (odičávšij) — wild, not cultivated
• Sicilian: sarbaggiu — wild, not cultivated
• Slovak: divoký — wild, not cultivated
• Slovene: divji — wild, not cultivated
• Spanish: salvaje — wild, not cultivated
• Swedish: vild — wild, not cultivated
• Thai: ป่าเถื่อน (bpàa-tʉ̀ʉan) — wild, not cultivated
• Turkish: vahşi — wild, not cultivated
• Ukrainian: ди́кий (dýkyj) — wild, not cultivated
• Ukrainian: дику́нський (dykúnsʹkyj) — wild, not cultivated
• Arabic: هَمَجِيّ (hamajiyy) — barbaric, not civilized
• Armenian: վայրենի (vayreni) — barbaric, not civilized
• Catalan: salvatge — barbaric, not civilized
• Dutch: barbaars — barbaric, not civilized
• Dutch: onbeschaafd — barbaric, not civilized
• Dutch: onbeschoft — barbaric, not civilized
• Finnish: raakalaismainen — barbaric, not civilized
• Finnish: sivistymätön — barbaric, not civilized
• French: barbare — barbaric, not civilized
• Georgian: ბარბაროსული (barbarosuli) — barbaric, not civilized
• Georgian: არაცივილური (araciviluri) — barbaric, not civilized
• Georgian: უხეში (uxeši) — barbaric, not civilized
• Georgian: უკულტურო (uḳulṭuro) — barbaric, not civilized
• German: wild — barbaric, not civilized
• German: wüst — barbaric, not civilized
• German: unbebaut — barbaric, not civilized
• Greek: άγριος (ágrios) — barbaric, not civilized
• Greek: πρωτόγονος (protógonos) — barbaric, not civilized
• Hindi: बर्बर (barbar) — barbaric, not civilized
• Hungarian: barbár — barbaric, not civilized
• Hungarian: civilizálatlan — barbaric, not civilized
• Ido: sovaja — barbaric, not civilized
• Indonesian: biadab — barbaric, not civilized
• Ingrian: metsälliin — barbaric, not civilized
• Italian: selvaggio — barbaric, not civilized
• Italian: primitivo — barbaric, not civilized
• Latin: ferus — barbaric, not civilized
• Latin: saevus — barbaric, not civilized
• Latin: crūdēlis — barbaric, not civilized
• Latin: immānis — barbaric, not civilized
• Latin: barbarus — barbaric, not civilized
• Macedonian: дивјачки (divjački) — barbaric, not civilized
• Norwegian: barbarisk — barbaric, not civilized
• Polish: barbarzyński — barbaric, not civilized
• Polish: niecywilizowany — barbaric, not civilized
• Portuguese: selvagem — barbaric, not civilized
• Russian: ва́рварский (várvarskij) — barbaric, not civilized
• Sicilian: sarbaggiu — barbaric, not civilized
• Spanish: salvaje — barbaric, not civilized
• Swedish: barbarisk — barbaric, not civilized
• Swedish: ociviliserad — barbaric, not civilized
• Swedish: okultiverad — barbaric, not civilized
• Thai: ป่าเถื่อน (bpàa-tʉ̀ʉan) — barbaric, not civilized
• Turkish: barbar — barbaric, not civilized
• Vietnamese: mọi rợ — barbaric, not civilized
• Armenian: վայրագ (vayrag) — fierce and ferocious
• Esperanto: sovaĝa — fierce and ferocious
• Esperanto: feroca — fierce and ferocious
• Finnish: villi — fierce and ferocious
• French: féroce — fierce and ferocious
• Georgian: სასტიკი (sasṭiḳi) — fierce and ferocious
• German: unbändig — fierce and ferocious
• German: rasend — fierce and ferocious
• German: wütend — fierce and ferocious
• Greek: άγριος (ágrios) — fierce and ferocious
• Hindi: क्रूर (krūr) — fierce and ferocious
• Hindi: उग्र (ugra) — fierce and ferocious
• Hungarian: erőszakos — fierce and ferocious
• Hungarian: vérengző — fierce and ferocious
• Ido: sovaja — fierce and ferocious
• Italian: brutale — fierce and ferocious
• Italian: crudele — fierce and ferocious
• Italian: feroce — fierce and ferocious
• Central Kurdish: دڕندە (drrinde) — fierce and ferocious
• Latin: immānis — fierce and ferocious
• Latin: ferus — fierce and ferocious
• Latin: trux — fierce and ferocious
• Latin: saevus — fierce and ferocious
• Macedonian: же́сток (žéstok) — fierce and ferocious
• Norwegian: rasende — fierce and ferocious
• Persian: شرزه (šarze) — fierce and ferocious
• Polish: brutalny — fierce and ferocious
• Polish: bestialski — fierce and ferocious
• Polish: okrutny — fierce and ferocious
• Portuguese: selvagem — fierce and ferocious
• Russian: жесто́кий (žestókij) — fierce and ferocious
• Sicilian: sarbaggiu — fierce and ferocious
• Thai: ป่าเถื่อน (bpàa-tʉ̀ʉan) — fierce and ferocious
• Ottoman Turkish: وحشی (vahşî) — fierce and ferocious
• Ottoman Turkish: آزولو (azulu, azılı) — fierce and ferocious
• Ukrainian: жорсто́кий (žorstókyj) — fierce and ferocious
• Armenian: վայրագ (vayrag) — brutal, vicious or merciless
• Bulgarian: брута́лен (brutálen) — brutal, vicious or merciless
• Bulgarian: безпоща́ден (bezpoštáden) — brutal, vicious or merciless
• Catalan: salvatge — brutal, vicious or merciless
• Finnish: raaka — brutal, vicious or merciless
• Finnish: julma — brutal, vicious or merciless
• Georgian: სასტიკი (sasṭiḳi) — brutal, vicious or merciless
• German: roh — brutal, vicious or merciless
• German: barbarisch — brutal, vicious or merciless
• German: grausam — brutal, vicious or merciless
• Greek: άγριος (ágrios) — brutal, vicious or merciless
• Hindi: बर्बर (barbar) — brutal, vicious or merciless
• Hindi: क्रूर (krūr) — brutal, vicious or merciless
• Hindi: निर्दयी (nirdayī) — brutal, vicious or merciless
• Hindi: उग्र (ugra) — brutal, vicious or merciless
• Hungarian: brutális — brutal, vicious or merciless
• Hungarian: elvetemült — brutal, vicious or merciless
• Hungarian: kegyetlen — brutal, vicious or merciless
• Ido: sovaja — brutal, vicious or merciless
• Italian: impietoso — brutal, vicious or merciless
• Italian: crudele — brutal, vicious or merciless
• Latin: crūdēlis — brutal, vicious or merciless
• Latin: ferus — brutal, vicious or merciless
• Latin: barbarus — brutal, vicious or merciless
• Latin: inhūmānus — brutal, vicious or merciless
• Latin: atrōx — brutal, vicious or merciless
• Macedonian: же́сток (žéstok) — brutal, vicious or merciless
• Macedonian: ди́вјачки (dívjački) — brutal, vicious or merciless
• Macedonian: беспо́штеден (bespóšteden) — brutal, vicious or merciless
• Norwegian: brutal — brutal, vicious or merciless
• Norwegian: grusom — brutal, vicious or merciless
• Polish: brutalny — brutal, vicious or merciless
• Polish: bestialski — brutal, vicious or merciless
• Polish: okrutny — brutal, vicious or merciless
• Polish: bezlitosny — brutal, vicious or merciless
• Portuguese: selvagem — brutal, vicious or merciless
• Russian: беспоща́дный (bespoščádnyj) — brutal, vicious or merciless
• Spanish: salvaje — brutal, vicious or merciless
• Swedish: grym — brutal, vicious or merciless
• Swedish: brutal — brutal, vicious or merciless
• Thai: ป่าเถื่อน (bpàa-tʉ̀ʉan) — brutal, vicious or merciless
• Ottoman Turkish: خشین (haşin) — brutal, vicious or merciless
• Arabic: مُتَوَحِّش (mutawaḥḥiš) — uncivilized or feral person
• Arabic: هَمَجِيّ (hamajiyy) — uncivilized or feral person
• Armenian: վայրենի (vayreni) — uncivilized or feral person
• Belarusian: дзіку́н (dzikún) — uncivilized or feral person
• Belarusian: дзіку́нка (dzikúnka) — uncivilized or feral person
• Bulgarian: дива́к (divák) — uncivilized or feral person
• Bulgarian: дива́чка (diváčka) — uncivilized or feral person
• Catalan: salvatge — uncivilized or feral person
• Chinese Mandarin: 野蠻人 /野蛮人 (yěmánrén) — uncivilized or feral person
• Czech: divoch — uncivilized or feral person
• Czech: divoška — uncivilized or feral person
• Finnish: villi-ihminen — uncivilized or feral person
• Finnish: villi — uncivilized or feral person
• French: sauvage — uncivilized or feral person
• Georgian: უკულტურო (uḳulṭuro) — uncivilized or feral person
• Georgian: ველური (veluri) — uncivilized or feral person
• German: Wilder — uncivilized or feral person
• German: Wilde — uncivilized or feral person
• German: roher Mensch — uncivilized or feral person
• German: Barbar — uncivilized or feral person
• German: Barbarin — uncivilized or feral person
• Greek: άγριος (ágrios) — uncivilized or feral person
• Hindi: जंगली (jaṅglī) — uncivilized or feral person
• Hindi: बर्बर (barbar) — uncivilized or feral person
• Hungarian: vadember — uncivilized or feral person
• Ido: sovajo — uncivilized or feral person
• Italian: selvaggio — uncivilized or feral person
• Japanese: 野蛮人 (yabanjin) — uncivilized or feral person
• Korean: 야만인 (yamanin) — uncivilized or feral person
• Latin: barbarus — uncivilized or feral person
• Latin: ferus — uncivilized or feral person
• Macedonian: дивјак (divjak) — uncivilized or feral person
• Macedonian: дивјачка (divjačka) — uncivilized or feral person
• Nandi: korom — uncivilized or feral person
• Norwegian Bokmål: villmann — uncivilized or feral person
• Polish: dzikus — uncivilized or feral person
• Polish: dzikuska — uncivilized or feral person
• Portuguese: selvagem — uncivilized or feral person
• Russian: дика́рь (dikárʹ) — uncivilized or feral person
• Russian: дика́рка (dikárka) — uncivilized or feral person
• Russian: варвар (varvar) — uncivilized or feral person
• Serbo-Croatian: дѝвља̄к — uncivilized or feral person
• Serbo-Croatian: дивља̀киња — uncivilized or feral person
• Serbo-Croatian: дивља̀куша — uncivilized or feral person
• Serbo-Croatian: dìvljāk — uncivilized or feral person
• Serbo-Croatian: divljàkinja — uncivilized or feral person
• Serbo-Croatian: divljàkuša — uncivilized or feral person
• Slovak: divoch — uncivilized or feral person
• Slovak: divoška — uncivilized or feral person
• Slovene: divjak — uncivilized or feral person
• Slovene: divjakinja — uncivilized or feral person
• Swedish: vilde — uncivilized or feral person
• Swedish: barbar — uncivilized or feral person
• Tok Pisin: bus kanaka — uncivilized or feral person
• Ukrainian: дику́н (dykún) — uncivilized or feral person
• Ukrainian: дику́нка (dykúnka) — uncivilized or feral person
• Vietnamese: người dã man — uncivilized or feral person
• Arabic: وحش (waħš) — aggressively defiant person
• Arabic: وحشة (waħša) — aggressively defiant person
• Greek: άγριος (ágrios) — aggressively defiant person
• Russian: бунта́рь (buntárʹ) — aggressively defiant person
• Russian: бунта́рка (buntárka) — aggressively defiant person
• German: angreifen — to attack or assault someone or something ferociously or without restraint
• German: anfallen — to attack or assault someone or something ferociously or without restraint
• German: bestürmen — to attack or assault someone or something ferociously or without restraint
• German: herfallen über — to attack or assault someone or something ferociously or without restraint
• Greek: κατασπαράσσω (katasparásso) — to attack or assault someone or something ferociously or without restraint
• Italian: assalire — to attack or assault someone or something ferociously or without restraint
• Russian: набрасываться (nabrasyvatʹsja) — to attack or assault someone or something ferociously or without restraint
• German: beleidigen — to criticise vehemently
• Greek: καυτηριάζω (kaftiriázo) — to criticise vehemently
• Norwegian: slakte — to criticise vehemently
• Russian: разносить (raznositʹ) — to criticise vehemently
• German: beißen — to attack with the teeth
• German: zerfleischen — to attack with the teeth
• Greek: καταδαγκώνω (katadagkóno) — to attack with the teeth