mauvais

From Middle French maulvais, from Old French malvais (1080), from Vulgar Latin *malifātius (1st c.AD), from Latin malum (“bad”) + fātum (“fate”).[1][2].

• IPA^(key): /mo.vɛ/, /mɔ.vɛ/

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mauvais (feminine singular mauvaise, masculine plural mauvais, feminine plural mauvaises)

1. bad
2. wrong, incorrect

Only three French adjectives have an irregular comparative: mauvais (pire), bon (meilleur) and petit (moindre).

• bon

• mal

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

From Old French malvais (1080), from Vulgar Latin *malifātius (1st c.AD), from Latin malum (“bad”) + fātum (“fate”).

mauvais m

1. (Jersey, Guernsey) bad

• mauvais yi (“evil eye”)

mauvais m (oblique and nominative feminine singular mauvaise)

1. Alternative form of malvais