"vaurien" meaning in French

See vaurien in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /vo.ʁjɛ̃/ Audio: LL-Q150 (fra)-Benoît Prieur-vaurien.wav Forms: vauriens [plural], vaurienne [feminine]
Etymology: From vaut (“is worth”), third person singular of valoir + rien (“nothing”). Compare German Taugenichts or Dutch deugniet. Etymology templates: {{af|fr|valoir|rien|t2=nothing}} valoir + rien (“nothing”), {{m+|de|Taugenichts}} German Taugenichts, {{m+|nl|deugniet}} Dutch deugniet Head templates: {{fr-noun|m|f=+}} vaurien m (plural vauriens, feminine vaurienne)
  1. good-for-nothing, a person regarded as useless or worthless Tags: masculine

Inflected forms

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