"méchant" meaning in French

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Adjective

IPA: /me.ʃɑ̃/ Audio: Fr-méchant.ogg Forms: méchante [feminine], méchants [masculine, plural], méchantes [feminine, plural]
Etymology: From the present participle of the Old French verb mescheoir, from *mé- + cheoir (choir). Compare also mauvais. Etymology templates: {{uder|fr|fro|-}} Old French, {{m|fro|mescheoir}} mescheoir, {{m|fro|cheoir}} cheoir, {{m|fr|choir|||pos=}} choir, {{m|fr|mauvais}} mauvais Head templates: {{fr-adj}} méchant (feminine méchante, masculine plural méchants, feminine plural méchantes)
  1. mean, unkind
    Sense id: en-méchant-fr-adj-4npiWqs6
  2. bad, mediocre Synonyms: mauvais
    Sense id: en-méchant-fr-adj-68YOz0WL
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: à méchant ouvrier, point de bon outil, chemin méchant

Noun

IPA: /me.ʃɑ̃/ Audio: Fr-méchant.ogg Forms: méchants [plural], méchante [feminine]
Etymology: From the present participle of the Old French verb mescheoir, from *mé- + cheoir (choir). Compare also mauvais. Etymology templates: {{uder|fr|fro|-}} Old French, {{m|fro|mescheoir}} mescheoir, {{m|fro|cheoir}} cheoir, {{m|fr|choir|||pos=}} choir, {{m|fr|mauvais}} mauvais Head templates: {{fr-noun|m|f=+}} méchant m (plural méchants, feminine méchante)
  1. jerk (cruel person) Tags: masculine
    Sense id: en-méchant-fr-noun-FTo1TMVs
  2. (fiction) baddie, bad guy, villain Tags: masculine Categories (topical): Fiction, People, Personality
    Sense id: en-méchant-fr-noun-2Tpkin1r Disambiguation of People: 0 0 2 98 Disambiguation of Personality: 0 10 13 78 Categories (other): French entries with incorrect language header, French undefined derivations Disambiguation of French entries with incorrect language header: 1 3 6 90 Disambiguation of French undefined derivations: 1 4 12 82 Topics: fiction, literature, media, publishing
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: méchanceté

Inflected forms

Download JSON data for méchant meaning in French (4.2kB)

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