Accordméchanceté
la méchanceté
wickedness
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How do you say méchanceté in French?
How do you pronounce méchanceté in French?
méchanceté is pronounced /la meʃɑ̃ste/ in French.
Example sentences
La méchanceté gratuite de cet homme a blessé profondément sa famille innocente.
The gratuitous cruelty of this man deeply wounded his innocent family.
Cette méchanceté cachée était révélée par ses actions malveillantes envers les plus faibles.
This hidden cruelty was revealed by his malicious actions toward the weakest.
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Why is it feminine?
Méchanceté is feminine because it derives from the Old French adjective "mechant" with the feminine suffix "-té" (from Latin "-tate"), which consistently produces feminine nouns denoting abstract qualities or states—similar to "bonté" (goodness) and "clarté" (clarity). This "-té" suffix maintained the feminine gender from its Latin origins throughout the Romance languages.
What is the French word for wickedness?
The French word for wickedness is la méchanceté — feminine.
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