Plural-only noun, usually with the definite article, meaning mentally ill people collectively.
Übersetzungen
les fousEmploi substantivé, sens générique et courant; selon le contexte, aussi « les folles » ou une formulation mixte. Victorian asylums were built to confine the insane.
Les asiles victoriens étaient construits pour enfermer les fous.
Zusätzliche Übersetzungen
les aliénésEmploi substantivé soutenu ou historique. Definitionen
People who are mentally ill, considered as a group (used with the definite article). Victorian asylums were built to confine the insane.
Synonyme
crazy person
deranged person
mental patient
crazed person