"mauvais" meaning in French

See mauvais in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

IPA: /mo.vɛ/, /mɔ.vɛ/ Audio: Fr-mauvais.ogg Forms: mauvaise [feminine], mauvais [masculine, plural], mauvaises [feminine, plural], pire [comparative], le pire [superlative]
Etymology: Inherited from Middle French maulvais, from Old French malvais, malveis (“evil, wicked, bad, of poor or inferior quality", later also "unlucky”), from Late Latin malifātius (“unfortunate”, 4th c.), from Latin malus (“bad”) + fātum (“fate”). According to some sources, influenced in meaning by Frankish *balwīg (“evil, wicked, of poor quality”), which was suspected to have become altered to *malwīg under influence of Latin malus (“bad”). Etymology templates: {{glossary|Inherited}} Inherited, {{inh|fr|frm|maulvais|||g=|g2=|g3=|id=|lit=|nocat=|pos=|sc=|sort=|tr=|ts=}} Middle French maulvais, {{inh+|fr|frm|maulvais}} Inherited from Middle French maulvais, {{inh|fr|fro|malvais}} Old French malvais, {{inh|fr|LL.|malifātius|pos=4th c.|t=unfortunate}} Late Latin malifātius (“unfortunate”, 4th c.), {{der|fr|la|malus|t=bad}} Latin malus (“bad”), {{ncog|frk|*balwīg|t=evil, wicked, of poor quality}} Frankish *balwīg (“evil, wicked, of poor quality”), {{m+|la|malus|t=bad}} Latin malus (“bad”) Head templates: {{fr-adj|comp=pire|sup=le pire}} mauvais (feminine mauvaise, masculine plural mauvais, feminine plural mauvaises, comparative pire, superlative le pire)
  1. bad
    Sense id: en-mauvais-fr-adj-LwXUtonS
  2. wrong, incorrect Categories (topical): Personality
    Sense id: en-mauvais-fr-adj-IUyzQq6q Disambiguation of Personality: 0 100 Categories (other): French entries with incorrect language header, French links with redundant wikilinks, Pages with 3 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of French entries with incorrect language header: 2 98 Disambiguation of French links with redundant wikilinks: 3 97 Disambiguation of Pages with 3 entries: 0 100 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 0 100
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: mal

Inflected forms

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      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "à mauvais escient"
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      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "avoir mauvaise presse"
    },
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      "_dis1": "0 0",
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      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "en route mauvaise troupe"
    },
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      "word": "être en mauvaise odeur"
    },
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      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "faire bonne mine à mauvais jeu"
    },
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      "word": "faire contre mauvaise fortune bon cœur"
    },
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      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "faire mauvais genre"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "filer du mauvais coton"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "filer un mauvais coton"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "l’avoir mauvaise"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "mauvais coucheur"
    },
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      "word": "mauvais gagnant"
    },
    {
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      "word": "mauvais garçon"
    },
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      "word": "mauvais œil"
    },
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      "word": "mauvais perdant"
    },
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      "word": "mauvais sort"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "mauvaise foi"
    },
    {
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      "word": "mauvaise graine"
    },
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      "word": "mauvaise herbe"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "mauvaise honte"
    },
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      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "mauvaise langue"
    },
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      "word": "mauvaise passe"
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      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "oiseau de mauvais augure"
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    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "partir du mauvais pied"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "se faire du mauvais sang"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "se lever du mauvais pied"
    },
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      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "se mettre en mauvaise odeur"
    },
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      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "tirer d’un mauvais pas"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "un mauvais ouvrier a toujours de mauvais outils"
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            "All topics",
            "Fundamental"
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          "text": "Il a choisi la mauvaise réponse.",
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      "ipa": "/mɔ.vɛ/"
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    "French terms inherited from Middle French",
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    },
    {
      "word": "de mauvais poil"
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    {
      "word": "de mauvaise grâce"
    },
    {
      "word": "en route mauvaise troupe"
    },
    {
      "word": "être en mauvaise odeur"
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      "word": "faire bonne mine à mauvais jeu"
    },
    {
      "word": "faire contre mauvaise fortune bon cœur"
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      "word": "faire mauvais genre"
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      "word": "filer du mauvais coton"
    },
    {
      "word": "filer un mauvais coton"
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      "word": "l’avoir mauvaise"
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      "word": "mauvais coucheur"
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    {
      "word": "mauvais gagnant"
    },
    {
      "word": "mauvais garçon"
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      "word": "mauvais œil"
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      "word": "mauvais perdant"
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    {
      "word": "mauvais sort"
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    {
      "word": "mauvaise foi"
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      "word": "mauvaise graine"
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      "word": "mauvaise herbe"
    },
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      "word": "mauvaise honte"
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      "word": "mauvaise langue"
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      "word": "mauvaise passe"
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      "word": "oiseau de mauvais augure"
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      "word": "partir du mauvais pied"
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    {
      "word": "se faire du mauvais sang"
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      "word": "se lever du mauvais pied"
    },
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      "word": "se mettre en mauvaise odeur"
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      "word": "tirer d’un mauvais pas"
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      "word": "un mauvais ouvrier a toujours de mauvais outils"
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