transfuge

== English == === Etymology === From French transfuge. === Noun === transfuge (plural transfuges) (dated) A deserter. (dated) A turncoat. Synonyms: apostate, runagate, withersake; see also Thesaurus:defector ==== Translations ==== == French == === Etymology === Learned borrowing from Latin trānsfuga (“deserter”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /tʁɑ̃s.fyʒ/ === Noun === transfuge m or f by sense (plural transfuges) deserter, defector, turncoat Synonym: déserteur (figurative) defector transfuge de classe ― class defector === Further reading === “transfuge”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012 == Latin == === Verb === trānsfuge second-person singular present active imperative of trānsfugiō