Plural-only noun, usually with the definite article, meaning mentally ill people collectively.
Traductions
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.
Traductions supplémentaires
les aliénésEmploi substantivé soutenu ou historique. Définitions
People who are mentally ill, considered as a group (used with the definite article). Victorian asylums were built to confine the insane.
Synonymes
crazy person
deranged person
mental patient
crazed person