canaillerie
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French[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From canaille (“trickster, prankster; scoundrel, rascal”) + -erie (denotes nouns describing qualities or properties).
Pronunciation[edit]
- IPA(key): /ka.naj.ʁi/, /ka.na.jə.ʁi/
Audio (France) (file)
- (Louisiana) IPA(key): /kɑ̃.naj.ri/
- Rhymes: -i
- Homophone: canailleries
Noun[edit]
canaillerie f (plural canailleries)
- prank, mischievous trick, blackguardism
- mischief, mischievousness
- wickedness, unkind action
- deceit
Further reading[edit]
- “canaillerie”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.