"vaurien" meaning in All languages combined

See vaurien on Wiktionary

Noun [English]

Forms: vauriens [plural]
Etymology: Borrowed from French vaurien; used by Isaac D'Israeli for the name of the eponymous character of his 1797 novel Vaurien: or Sketches of the Times. Etymology templates: {{bor|en|fr|vaurien}} French vaurien Head templates: {{en-noun}} vaurien (plural vauriens)
  1. (archaic) A good-for-nothing; a scoundrel. Wikipedia link: Isaac D'Israeli Tags: archaic
    Sense id: en-vaurien-en-noun-O9DSTHde Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries

Noun [French]

IPA: /vo.ʁjɛ̃/ Audio: LL-Q150 (fra)-Benoît Prieur-vaurien.wav Forms: vauriens [plural], vaurienne [feminine]
Etymology: From vaut (“is worth”), third person singular of valoir + rien (“nothing”). Compare German Taugenichts or Dutch deugniet. Etymology templates: {{af|fr|valoir|rien|t2=nothing}} valoir + rien (“nothing”), {{m+|de|Taugenichts}} German Taugenichts, {{m+|nl|deugniet}} Dutch deugniet Head templates: {{fr-noun|m|f=+}} vaurien m (plural vauriens, feminine vaurienne)
  1. good-for-nothing, a person regarded as useless or worthless Tags: masculine

Inflected forms

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