wild beast, big cat
L'homme est plus dangereux que le fauve.
Man is more dangerous than a wild animal.
— Léviathan (2014)
Ça sent le fauve, ici.
It smells like a wild animal in here.
— Mommy (2014)
Aucun fauve, ours ou loup, ne se montrait sur la plaine.
No big cats, bears, or wolves were to be seen on the plain.
Bob Saint-Clare, c'est un fauve, un homme, un vrai.
Bob Saint-Clare is a beast—a man, a real man.
— The Magnificent One (1973)
Un grand fauve en kimono !
A big cat in a kimono!