mauvais
French
[edit]Etymology
[edit]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”).
Pronunciation
[edit]Adjective
[edit]mauvais (feminine mauvaise, masculine plural mauvais, feminine plural mauvaises, comparative pire, superlative le pire)
Usage notes
[edit]Only three French adjectives have an irregular comparative: mauvais (pire), bon (meilleur) and petit (moindre).
Antonyms
[edit]Derived terms
[edit]- à mauvais escient
- avoir mauvaise presse
- de mauvais aloi
- de mauvais poil
- de mauvaise grâce
- en route mauvaise troupe
- être en mauvaise odeur
- faire bonne mine à mauvais jeu
- faire contre mauvaise fortune bon cœur
- faire mauvais genre
- filer du mauvais coton
- filer un mauvais coton
- l’avoir mauvaise
- mauvais coucheur
- mauvais gagnant
- mauvais garçon
- mauvais œil
- mauvais perdant
- mauvais sort
- mauvaise foi
- mauvaise graine
- mauvaise herbe
- mauvaise honte
- mauvaise langue
- mauvaise passe
- oiseau de mauvais augure
- partir du mauvais pied
- se faire du mauvais sang
- se lever du mauvais pied
- se mettre en mauvaise odeur
- tirer d’un mauvais pas
- un mauvais ouvrier a toujours de mauvais outils
- voir d’un mauvais œil
Related terms
[edit]References
[edit]- “mauvais”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Norman
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Old French malvais (1080), from Late Latin malifātius (“unfortunate”, 4th c.), from Latin malum (“bad”) + fātum (“fate”).
Adjective
[edit]mauvais m
Derived terms
[edit]- mauvais yi (“evil eye”)
Old French
[edit]Adjective
[edit]mauvais m (oblique and nominative feminine singular mauvaise)
- Alternative form of malvais
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