"bête et méchant" meaning in French

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Adjective

IPA: /bɛ.t‿e me.ʃɑ̃/ Audio: LL-Q150 (fra)-WikiLucas00-bête et méchant.wav [Lyon], LL-Q150 (fra)-LoquaxFR-bête et méchant.wav [Vosges] Forms: bête et méchante [feminine], bêtes et méchants [masculine, plural], bêtes et méchantes [feminine, plural]
Head templates: {{fr-adj}} bête et méchant (feminine bête et méchante, masculine plural bêtes et méchants, feminine plural bêtes et méchantes)
  1. (informal, derogatory) stupid, mindless Tags: derogatory, informal Synonyms: sans réflexion
    Sense id: en-bête_et_méchant-fr-adj-fTwqpnCr Categories (other): French coordinated pairs, French entries with incorrect language header

Download JSON data for bête et méchant meaning in French (2.1kB)

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