"pas mal" meaning in All languages combined

See pas mal on Wiktionary

Adjective [French]

IPA: /pa mal/, /pɑ mal/ Audio: Fr-pas mal-fr FR-Paris.ogg [Paris], LL-Q150 (fra)-DenisdeShawi-pas mal.wav [Canada] (note: Shawinigan), LL-Q150 (fra)-LoquaxFR-pas mal.wav [France, Vosges], LL-Q150 (fra)-WikiLucas00-pas mal.wav [France, Lyon], LL-Q150 (fra)-Jérémy-Günther-Heinz Jähnick-pas mal.wav [France] (note: Somain)
Etymology: Literally, “not bad”. Compare Italian niente male and Portuguese nada mau. Etymology templates: {{yesno||l|L}} L, {{m-g|not bad}} “not bad”, {{lit|not bad}} Literally, “not bad”, {{cog|it|niente male}} Italian niente male, {{cog|pt|nada mau}} Portuguese nada mau Head templates: {{fr-adj|inv=1}} pas mal (invariable)
  1. (litotes, idiomatic) not bad (reasonably good) Tags: idiomatic, invariable
    Sense id: en-pas_mal-fr-adj-8L7r1pL0 Categories (other): French litotes

Adverb [French]

IPA: /pa mal/, /pɑ mal/ Audio: Fr-pas mal-fr FR-Paris.ogg [Paris], LL-Q150 (fra)-DenisdeShawi-pas mal.wav [Canada] (note: Shawinigan), LL-Q150 (fra)-LoquaxFR-pas mal.wav [France, Vosges], LL-Q150 (fra)-WikiLucas00-pas mal.wav [France, Lyon], LL-Q150 (fra)-Jérémy-Günther-Heinz Jähnick-pas mal.wav [France] (note: Somain)
Etymology: Literally, “not bad”. Compare Italian niente male and Portuguese nada mau. Etymology templates: {{yesno||l|L}} L, {{m-g|not bad}} “not bad”, {{lit|not bad}} Literally, “not bad”, {{cog|it|niente male}} Italian niente male, {{cog|pt|nada mau}} Portuguese nada mau Head templates: {{fr-adv}} pas mal
  1. (litotes, idiomatic) not badly (reasonably well) Tags: idiomatic Synonyms: pas pire [Quebec]
    Sense id: en-pas_mal-fr-adv-I2-LXA5y Categories (other): French litotes

Pronoun [French]

IPA: /pa mal/, /pɑ mal/ Audio: Fr-pas mal-fr FR-Paris.ogg [Paris], LL-Q150 (fra)-DenisdeShawi-pas mal.wav [Canada] (note: Shawinigan), LL-Q150 (fra)-LoquaxFR-pas mal.wav [France, Vosges], LL-Q150 (fra)-WikiLucas00-pas mal.wav [France, Lyon], LL-Q150 (fra)-Jérémy-Günther-Heinz Jähnick-pas mal.wav [France] (note: Somain)
Etymology: Literally, “not bad”. Compare Italian niente male and Portuguese nada mau. Etymology templates: {{yesno||l|L}} L, {{m-g|not bad}} “not bad”, {{lit|not bad}} Literally, “not bad”, {{cog|it|niente male}} Italian niente male, {{cog|pt|nada mau}} Portuguese nada mau Head templates: {{head|fr|pronoun}} pas mal
  1. (idiomatic, informal) quite a bit, quite a few (a decent amount) Tags: idiomatic, informal
    Sense id: en-pas_mal-fr-pron-1Cvqv~lr Categories (other): French entries with incorrect language header, French pronouns, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of French entries with incorrect language header: 0 2 98 Disambiguation of French pronouns: 0 1 99 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 0 0 100 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 0 0 100
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      "word": "פּאַמאַלניק"
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      },
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        "not bad (reasonably good)"
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          "text": "Revue française d'odonto-stomatologie, Volume 17",
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          "quite a bit"
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}

Download raw JSONL data for pas mal meaning in All languages combined (10.8kB)

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}

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  "msg": "unrecognized sense qualifier: litotes, idiomatic",
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  "subsection": "adjective",
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