"méfaire" meaning in French

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Verb

IPA: /me.fɛʁ/ Audio: LL-Q150 (fra)-Lyokoï-méfaire.wav
Rhymes: -ɛʁ Etymology: From Old French mesfaire, mesfere, from mes- (“badly, wrongly”) + faire (“to do”); mé- + faire. Etymology templates: {{uder|fr|fro|mesfaire}} Old French mesfaire, {{af|fr|mé-|faire}} mé- + faire Head templates: {{fr-verb}} méfaire Inflection templates: {{fr-conj-auto}} Forms: no-table-tags [table-tags], méfaire [infinitive], avoir + past participle [infinitive, multiword-construction], méfaisant [gerund, participle, present], méfaisant [gerund, participle, present], ayant + past participle [gerund, multiword-construction, participle, present], méfait [participle, past], méfais [first-person, indicative, present, singular], méfais [indicative, present, second-person, singular], méfait [indicative, present, singular, third-person], méfaisons [first-person, indicative, plural, present], méfaisons [first-person, indicative, plural, present], méfaites [indicative, plural, present, second-person], méfont [indicative, plural, present, third-person], méfaisais [first-person, imperfect, indicative, singular], méfaisais [first-person, imperfect, indicative, singular], méfaisais [imperfect, indicative, second-person, singular], méfaisais [imperfect, indicative, second-person, singular], méfaisait [imperfect, indicative, singular, third-person], méfaisait [imperfect, indicative, singular, third-person], méfaisions [first-person, imperfect, indicative, plural], méfaisiez [imperfect, indicative, plural, second-person], méfaisaient [imperfect, indicative, plural, third-person], méfaisaient [imperfect, indicative, plural, third-person], méfis [first-person, historic, indicative, past, singular], méfis [historic, indicative, past, second-person, singular], méfit [historic, indicative, past, singular, third-person], méfîmes [first-person, historic, indicative, past, plural], méfîtes [historic, indicative, past, plural, second-person], méfirent [historic, indicative, past, plural, third-person], méferai [first-person, future, indicative, singular], méferas [future, indicative, second-person, singular], méfera [future, indicative, singular, third-person], méferons [first-person, future, indicative, plural], méferez [future, indicative, plural, second-person], méferont [future, indicative, plural, third-person], méferais [conditional, first-person, singular], méferais [conditional, second-person, singular], méferait [conditional, singular, third-person], méferions [conditional, first-person, plural], méferiez [conditional, plural, second-person], méferaient [conditional, plural, third-person], present indicative of avoir + past participle [indicative, multiword-construction, perfect, present], imperfect indicative of avoir + past participle [indicative, multiword-construction, pluperfect], past historic of avoir + past participle [anterior, indicative, multiword-construction, past], future of avoir + past participle [future, indicative, multiword-construction, perfect], conditional of avoir + past participle [conditional, multiword-construction, perfect], méfasse [first-person, present, singular, subjunctive], méfasses [present, second-person, singular, subjunctive], méfasse [present, singular, subjunctive, third-person], méfassions [first-person, plural, present, subjunctive], méfassiez [plural, present, second-person, subjunctive], méfassent [plural, present, subjunctive, third-person], méfisse [first-person, imperfect, singular, subjunctive], méfisses [imperfect, second-person, singular, subjunctive], méfît [imperfect, singular, subjunctive, third-person], méfissions [first-person, imperfect, plural, subjunctive], méfissiez [imperfect, plural, second-person, subjunctive], méfissent [imperfect, plural, subjunctive, third-person], present subjunctive of avoir + past participle [multiword-construction, past, subjunctive], imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle [multiword-construction, pluperfect, subjunctive], méfais [imperative, second-person, singular], méfaisons [first-person, imperative, plural], méfaisons [first-person, imperative, plural], méfaites [imperative, plural, second-person], simple imperative of avoir + past participle [imperative, multiword-construction, second-person, singular], simple imperative of avoir + past participle [first-person, imperative, multiword-construction, plural], simple imperative of avoir + past participle [imperative, multiword-construction, plural, second-person]
  1. (defective) to do wrong; to do something immoral Tags: defective Derived forms: méfait [masculine] Related terms: malfaire
    Sense id: en-méfaire-fr-verb-BxfhpWIE Categories (other): French entries with incorrect language header, French terms prefixed with mé-, French undefined derivations, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries

Inflected forms

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      "form": "méfirent",
      "ipa": "/me.fiʁ/",
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      "ipa": "/me.fʁe/",
      "source": "conjugation",
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        "singular"
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      "ipa": "/me.fʁɔ̃/",
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      "form": "present indicative of avoir + past participle",
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      "form": "imperfect indicative of avoir + past participle",
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        "subjunctive"
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        "subjunctive"
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      "form": "méfasse",
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      "form": "méfassions",
      "ipa": "/me.fa.sjɔ̃/",
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        "subjunctive"
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        "subjunctive"
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        "third-person"
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      "form": "méfisse",
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        "subjunctive"
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        "subjunctive"
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      "form": "méfît",
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        "singular",
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        "third-person"
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      "form": "méfissions",
      "ipa": "/me.fi.sjɔ̃/",
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        "plural",
        "subjunctive"
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        "second-person",
        "subjunctive"
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        "plural"
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        "second-person"
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        "to do wrong; to do something immoral"
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        "(defective) to do wrong; to do something immoral"
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        {
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        "French terms prefixed with mé-",
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        "to do wrong; to do something immoral"
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      "rhymes": "-ɛʁ"
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}

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