malfaisance

French

Etymology

From the Old French verb malfaire, from Latin malefaciō, from male (“badly, wrong”) + faciō (“to do”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /mal.fɛ.zɑ̃s/ ~ /mal.fe.zɑ̃s/
  • Audio (France (Toulouse)):(file)
  • Rhymes: -ɑ̃s

Noun

malfaisance f (plural malfaisances)

  1. (literary) wrongdoing

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