"mégère" meaning in French

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Noun

IPA: /me.ʒɛʁ/ Audio: Fr-mégère.ogg Forms: mégères [plural]
Etymology: After Mégère (“Megaera”), deity of vengeance. Compare Portuguese and Italian megera. Etymology templates: {{m|fr|Mégère||Megaera}} Mégère (“Megaera”), {{cog|pt|-}} Portuguese, {{cog|it|megera}} Italian megera Head templates: {{fr-noun|f}} mégère f (plural mégères)
  1. shrew, vixen (ill-tempered woman) Tags: feminine
    Sense id: en-mégère-fr-noun-3xWG8WuV
  2. wall brown Tags: feminine
    Sense id: en-mégère-fr-noun-h4HzkfOQ Categories (other): French entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of French entries with incorrect language header: 14 86

Inflected forms

Download JSON data for mégère meaning in French (1.4kB)

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