"couardise" meaning in Français

See couardise in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: \kwaʁ.diz\ Audio: LL-Q150 (fra)-DenisdeShawi-couardise.wav Forms: couardises [plural]
  1. Caractère de celui qui est couard.
    Sense id: fr-couardise-fr-noun-2yUoiUGd Categories (other): Exemples en français, Sentiments en français Topics: psychology
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: lâcheté, pleutrerie, poltronnerie Translations: cowardice (Anglais), kouartiz [feminine] (Breton), covardia (Catalan), kobardiâ (Créole du Cap-Vert), cobardía (Espagnol), codardia [feminine] (Italien), coardiá (Occitan), caponariá (Occitan), covardia (Portugais), малодушие [neuter] (Russe)

Verb

IPA: \kwaʁ.diz\ Audio: LL-Q150 (fra)-DenisdeShawi-couardise.wav Forms: je couardise [indicative, present], il/elle/on couardise [indicative, present], que je couardise [subjunctive, present], qu’il/elle/on couardise [subjunctive, present]
  1. Première personne du singulier de l’indicatif présent de couardiser. Form of: couardiser
    Sense id: fr-couardise-fr-verb-8EDVPf7-
  2. Troisième personne du singulier de l’indicatif présent de couardiser. Form of: couardiser
    Sense id: fr-couardise-fr-verb-VNMYdXYp
  3. Première personne du singulier du subjonctif présent de couardiser. Form of: couardiser
    Sense id: fr-couardise-fr-verb-K41E4~1s
  4. Troisième personne du singulier du subjonctif présent de couardiser. Form of: couardiser
    Sense id: fr-couardise-fr-verb-RBPNMpyh
  5. Deuxième personne du singulier de l’impératif présent de couardiser. Form of: couardiser
    Sense id: fr-couardise-fr-verb-vBoEp7O2
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated

Inflected forms

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    {
      "word": "couderais"
    },
    {
      "word": "coudraies"
    },
    {
      "word": "Coudraise"
    },
    {
      "word": "coudraise"
    },
    {
      "word": "radoucies"
    },
    {
      "word": "réadoucis"
    },
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      "word": "recoudais"
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      "word": "courage"
    },
    {
      "word": "hardiesse"
    },
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      "word": "valeur"
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    "De couard, avec le suffixe -ise."
  ],
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    }
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  "lang_code": "fr",
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          "ref": "Walter Scott, Ivanhoé, traduit de l’anglais par Alexandre Dumas, 1820",
          "text": "Qu’il vienne avec sa cuirasse et sa cotte de mailles, et tout ce qui sert à donner du courage à la couardise !"
        },
        {
          "ref": "Jean Ray, Harry Dickson, Les Vengeurs du Diable, 1932",
          "text": "Hum ! Voilà bien l'éternelle couardise officielle, murmura Dickson."
        },
        {
          "ref": "Alain Mabanckou, Petit Piment, Seuil, 2015, page 77",
          "text": "J’avais de ce fait le devoir de le protéger, voire de hausser le ton lorsqu’il le fallait. Peut-être à cause de sa couardise car, dès qu’un pensionnaire menaçait de le boxer, il s’étalait d'avance par terre et fermait les yeux afin de ne pas voir les coups venir."
        },
        {
          "ref": "Joseph Facal, Liberté académique: un droit réel ou pas?, Le Journal de Québec, 13 février 2021",
          "text": "Les professeurs pensaient avoir un droit réel, effectif. Ils découvrent que leur droit fond devant la pression d’étudiants radicalisés et la couardise, parfois même la complicité, des administrations."
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      "word": "pleutrerie"
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      "word": "poltronnerie"
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      "lang": "Anglais",
      "lang_code": "en",
      "word": "cowardice"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Breton",
      "lang_code": "br",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
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      "word": "kouartiz"
    },
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      "lang": "Catalan",
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      "word": "covardia"
    },
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      "lang": "Créole du Cap-Vert",
      "lang_code": "kea",
      "word": "kobardiâ"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Espagnol",
      "lang_code": "es",
      "word": "cobardía"
    },
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      "lang": "Italien",
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      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "codardia"
    },
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      "lang": "Occitan",
      "lang_code": "oc",
      "word": "coardiá"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Occitan",
      "lang_code": "oc",
      "word": "caponariá"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Portugais",
      "lang_code": "pt",
      "word": "covardia"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Russe",
      "lang_code": "ru",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
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    }
  ],
  "word": "couardise"
}

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    },
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      "word": "Coudraise"
    },
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      "word": "coudraise"
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    "De couard, avec le suffixe -ise."
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    },
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      "form": "il/elle/on couardise",
      "tags": [
        "indicative",
        "present"
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    },
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      "form": "que je couardise",
      "tags": [
        "subjunctive",
        "present"
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    },
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      "form": "qu’il/elle/on couardise",
      "tags": [
        "subjunctive",
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      "word": "coudraies"
    },
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      "word": "Coudraise"
    },
    {
      "word": "coudraise"
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    {
      "word": "radoucies"
    },
    {
      "word": "réadoucis"
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    {
      "word": "recoudais"
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      "word": "courage"
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    "Traductions en italien",
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    "Traductions en portugais",
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    "De couard, avec le suffixe -ise."
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          "text": "Qu’il vienne avec sa cuirasse et sa cotte de mailles, et tout ce qui sert à donner du courage à la couardise !"
        },
        {
          "ref": "Jean Ray, Harry Dickson, Les Vengeurs du Diable, 1932",
          "text": "Hum ! Voilà bien l'éternelle couardise officielle, murmura Dickson."
        },
        {
          "ref": "Alain Mabanckou, Petit Piment, Seuil, 2015, page 77",
          "text": "J’avais de ce fait le devoir de le protéger, voire de hausser le ton lorsqu’il le fallait. Peut-être à cause de sa couardise car, dès qu’un pensionnaire menaçait de le boxer, il s’étalait d'avance par terre et fermait les yeux afin de ne pas voir les coups venir."
        },
        {
          "ref": "Joseph Facal, Liberté académique: un droit réel ou pas?, Le Journal de Québec, 13 février 2021",
          "text": "Les professeurs pensaient avoir un droit réel, effectif. Ils découvrent que leur droit fond devant la pression d’étudiants radicalisés et la couardise, parfois même la complicité, des administrations."
        }
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        "Caractère de celui qui est couard."
      ],
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    {
      "word": "pleutrerie"
    },
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      "word": "poltronnerie"
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    {
      "lang": "Anglais",
      "lang_code": "en",
      "word": "cowardice"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Breton",
      "lang_code": "br",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
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      "word": "kouartiz"
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      "lang": "Catalan",
      "lang_code": "ca",
      "word": "covardia"
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      "lang": "Créole du Cap-Vert",
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      "word": "kobardiâ"
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    {
      "lang": "Espagnol",
      "lang_code": "es",
      "word": "cobardía"
    },
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      "tags": [
        "feminine"
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      "word": "codardia"
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      "word": "coardiá"
    },
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      "lang_code": "oc",
      "word": "caponariá"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Portugais",
      "lang_code": "pt",
      "word": "covardia"
    },
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      "lang": "Russe",
      "lang_code": "ru",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "малодушие"
    }
  ],
  "word": "couardise"
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      "word": "coudraies"
    },
    {
      "word": "Coudraise"
    },
    {
      "word": "coudraise"
    },
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      "tags": [
        "indicative",
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