méchant

French

Etymology

From the present participle of the (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Old French verb mescheoir, from *mé- + cheoir (choir). Compare also mauvais.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /me.ʃɑ̃/

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Adjective

méchant (feminine méchante, masculine plural méchants, feminine plural méchantes)

1. mean, unkind
2. evil, wicked

Noun

méchant m (plural méchants, feminine méchante)

1. jerk (cruel person)
2. (fiction) baddie, bad guy, villain

Derived terms

• méchanceté

Further reading

• “méchant”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Anagrams

• mâchent