Wiktionary talk:Foreign Word of the Day/2021/July 8


 * To mark the 400th birthday of, I'd like to feature one of the expressions in Category:French terms derived from the Fables of Jean de La Fontaine. What do you think? Is there one you like? 212.224.224.150 20:22, 21 June 2021 (UTC)
 * You're in luck that I hadn't set a French FWOTD for Bastille Day yet. I like, and , so one of those will do fine. ←₰-→  Lingo Bingo Dingo (talk)  09:07, 22 June 2021 (UTC)
 * There are plenty of mentions of, but to my dismay I've been unable to find a single use... And apparently isn't from de la Fontaine himself, it simply was popularised by him. So I've added several quotes at . The first one comes from a recent translation of Animal Farm; I don't know if it's properly formatted. 212.224.224.150
 * Perhaps chien hargneux... could do with being RFV'd? I'll set train de sénateur, it looks good. ←₰-→ Lingo Bingo Dingo (talk)  13:17, 22 June 2021 (UTC)
 * Looking harder, I found one use (although in italics and between quote marks) here: "En d'autres termes, une loi prenant la mesure de l'agressivité de certaines espèces et ordonnant certaines restrictions pour protéger les hommes est de bon sens ; mais, si "chien hargneux a toujours l'oreille déchirée" (cf. La Fontaine, Le Chien à qui l'on a coupé les oreilles), le droit ne peut condamner un animal pour un trait de caractère, ni le renvoyer dans son chenil de conception pour défaut de conformité aux règles et usages de bienséance humains", and another one here (also in italics): "Il s'attaque à des hommes plus fort que lui, et il trouve mauvais que l'on tourne contre lui les armes dont il se sert, pour les défendre. Il devait savoir que Chien hargneux a toujours l'oreille déchirée [...]" 212.224.227.77 13:40, 22 June 2021 (UTC)