enfant terrible

== English == === Etymology === Unadapted borrowing from French enfant terrible (literally “terrible child”). === Pronunciation === === Noun === enfant terrible (plural enfants terribles) An unconventional badly-behaved person who causes embarrassment or shock to others. 2010, Peter Coleman, Quadrant, March 2010, No. 464 (Volume LIV, Number 3), Quadrant Magazine Limited, page 86: He was soon the talk of the town, the enfant terrible of our little world. An unusually successful person who is strikingly unorthodox, innovative, or avant-garde. (obsolete, literally) A wild child. ==== Synonyms ==== terrible infant ==== Translations ==== ==== See also ==== bad boy == Catalan == === Etymology === Unadapted borrowing from French enfant terrible (“terrible child”). === Noun === enfant terrible m (plural enfants terribles) enfant terrible == Dutch == === Etymology === Unadapted borrowing from French enfant terrible (“terrible child”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ɑnˌfɑn tɛˈri.blə/, [ɑ̃ˌfɑ̃ tɛˈri.blə] === Noun === enfant terrible n (plural enfants terribles, no diminutive) enfant terrible == French == === Etymology === Literally, “terrible child”, i.e. “badly-behaved child”. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ɑ̃.fɑ̃ tɛ.ʁibl/ ~ /ɑ̃.fɑ̃ te.ʁibl/ === Noun === enfant terrible m (plural enfants terribles) Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see enfant,‎ terrible. enfant terrible, wild child ==== Descendants ==== → Catalan: enfant terrible → Dutch: enfant terrible → English: enfant terrible → German: Enfant terrible → Russian: анфа́н-терри́бль (anfán-terríblʹ) == Indonesian == === Etymology === Unadapted borrowing from French enfant terrible (literally “badly-behaved child”). === Noun === enfant terrible enfant terrible: an unconventional badly-behaved person who causes embarrassment or shock to others (literally) a wild child === Further reading === “enfant terrible”, in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia [Great Dictionary of the Indonesian Language] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016