mauviette

French

With caterpillar caught in beak

Etymology

From mauvis +‎ -ette.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mo.vjɛt/

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Noun

mauviette f (plural mauviettes)

1. Eurasian skylark (Alauda arvensis)
2. (colloquial, derogatory) wimp, candy-ass

   Ne fais pas ta mauviette. ― Don't be such a wimp.

   Tu te dégonfles encore, mauviette ? ― You chicken out again, you coward?

Further reading

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