fugitive

Signification (Anglais)

Noun

A person who flees or escapes and travels secretly from place to place, and sometimes using disguises and aliases to conceal their identity, as to avoid law authorities in order to avoid an arrest or prosecution, or to avoid some other unwanted situation.

Adj

1. Fleeing or running away; escaping.
2. Transient, fleeting or ephemeral.
3. Elusive or difficult to retain.

Verb

To render someone a fugitive; to drive into escape or exile.

Concepts

fugitif

fuyard

fugitive

éphémère

réfugié

fuyarde

fuyant

fugitif-ive

fugace

momentané

Synonymes

runaway

escapee

refugee

fleeing

deserter

fleer

escaped

fleeting

ephemeral

jail-breaker

running away

momentaneous

fugacious

escaped prisoner

momentary

fugitive from justice

transitory

vagabond

passing

shifting

short

short-dated

short-run

short-term

skulker

stray

transient

traveller

truant

vagrant

wanderer

wandering

put to flight

runagate

fast runner

scutter

absconder

run-away

at large

bandit

brigand

caducous

criminal

desperadoes

elusive

episodic

escape

escaping

evanescent

fly-by-night

Traductions

fugitivo

flüchtig

Flüchtling

latitante

vluchteling

φυγάς

voortvluchtige

vluchtelinge

fugitivo

fuggitivo

fugaz

fugitiu

fuggiasco

Prononcé comme (IPA)

/ˈfjuːd͡ʒɪtɪv/

Étymologie (Anglais)

Hérité de moyen anglais: fugitive

In summary

From Middle English fugitive, fugityve, fugityf, fugitife, fugytif, fugitif, from Latin fugitīvus.