"malfaisant" meaning in French

See malfaisant in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

IPA: /mal.fə.zɑ̃/ Forms: malfaisante [feminine], malfaisants [masculine, plural], malfaisantes [feminine, plural]
Etymology: From mal- + faisant. Etymology templates: {{af|fr|mal-|faisant}} mal- + faisant Head templates: {{fr-adj}} malfaisant (feminine malfaisante, masculine plural malfaisants, feminine plural malfaisantes)
  1. evil, harmful, malfeasant

Inflected forms

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