Mauvais

Part of Speech

noun

Difficulty Level

Translations

🇩🇪 Verstoß gegen einen Standard oder eine Regel , 🇪🇸 incumplimiento o infracción en relación con un estándar o una regla , 🇮🇹 inadempienza o violazione in relazione a uno standard, una regola , 🇵🇹 infringimento de norma ou regra (inadimplência, descumprimento) , 🇨🇳 坏的 , 🇯🇵 標準や規則に対する違反・不履行 , 🇰🇷 기준이나 규칙에 대한 위반 또는 불이행 , 🇸🇦 الانتهاك أو الإخلال بالمعيار أو القاعدة , 🇮🇳 किसी मानक या नियम के सापेक्ष उल्लंघन या गैर-पालन

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Etymology

The noun *mauvais* comes from the Old French adjective *mauvais*, which in turn derives from Latin **malus** “bad, evil”. The Latin root traces back to the PIE *mel‑, *mei‑ “wrong, bad”, and the word entered French with the characteristic l → v shift that occurred in the Middle French period. The noun form is a nominalization of the adjective, used to denote a defect or infraction relative to a norm.

Synonyms

défaut manquement infraction erreur défaillance violation faute transgression

Antonyms

bon excellent parfait conformité admissibilité