affreux

== English == === Etymology === From French affreux. === Noun === affreux pl (plural only) A group of particularly brutal mercenaries who were active in Africa and Asia during the 1960s. ==== Usage notes ==== Often, these mercenaries were called les affreux, using the French definite article. === Adjective === affreux (comparative more affreux, superlative most affreux) (rare) Dreadful; disturbing or frightening. == French == === Etymology === From affres (“great fear”) +‎ -eux. See affres. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /a.fʁø/ Rhymes: -ø === Adjective === affreux (feminine affreuse, masculine plural affreux, feminine plural affreuses) frightful, causing fear terrible, rubbish, awful repulsive ==== Derived terms ==== affreusement ==== Descendants ==== → Dutch: affreus → English: affreux → German: affrös === Further reading === “affreux”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012 == Norman == === Etymology === (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.) === Adjective === affreux m (Jersey) terrible ==== Derived terms ==== affreusement (“terribly”)