gredin

French

Etymology

From Middle Dutch gredich.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ɡʁə.dɛ̃/
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Noun

gredin m (plural gredins, feminine gredine)

(obsolete) beggar
(dated) scoundrel, rascal
- 1954, Hergé, Les Aventures de Tintin - L'Affaire Tournesol, →ISBN, page 25:
  Ah, si jamais je le retrouve, ce sinistre gredin de Tournesol!
  (please add an English translation of this quote)

Further reading

“gredin” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

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