méchant

Syllable Decomposition

chant

from Old French mescheant (falling badly), which first meant "unlucky"; the modern sense of "having a tendency to do harm" has been attested since the 14th century. (12th century) mescheant. see mescheoir "to fall badly". Since then, the present participle cheant/chéant of the verb choir has disappeared.

Definitions

Translations

  • germangerman:boshaft
  • italianitalian:cattivo
  • englishenglish:wicked
  • spanishspanish:malvada

See also

méchante (adj.) méchanceté (cn.) méchants (adj.) méchants (cn.) méchantes (adj.)