sottise

French

Etymology

From sot +‎ -ise.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sɔ.tiz/

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Noun

sottise f (countable and uncountable, plural sottises)

1. (uncountable) stupidity, foolishness
   • 1857, Charles Baudelaire, “Au lecteur”, in Les Fleurs du mal [The Flowers of Evil], Paris: Poulet-Malassis et De Broise:

     La sottise, l’erreur, le péché, la lésine / Occupent nos esprits et travaillent nos corps,

     Foolishness, error, sin, miserliness / Occupy our minds and work on our bodies,

2. (countable) nonsense

   Synonyms: bêtise, ineptie

   dire des sottises ― (please add an English translation of this usage example)

Derived terms

• sottisier

Descendants

• → German: Sottise

Further reading

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