pestilentiel

French

Etymology

From pestilence +‎ -iel.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pɛs.ti.lɑ̃.sjɛl/

Adjective

pestilentiel (feminine pestilentielle, masculine plural pestilentiels, feminine plural pestilentielles)

1. highly injurious or destructive to life; pestilent
2. producing, spreading, promoting or infected with pestilence; causing infection; pestilent
3. putrid, rotten, foul

   Synonyms: infect, infame, immonde

   une odeur pestilentielle ― a pudrid smell

Derived terms

• antipestilentiel

Further reading

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