malveillant
French
Etymology
From mal (“bad”) + veuillantCategory:French compound terms#MALVEILLANT (archaic present participle of vouloir; unrelated to veiller). Calque of LatinCategory:French terms calqued from Latin#MALVEILLANTCategory:French terms derived from Latin#MALVEILLANT malevolēns.
Pronunciation
Adjective
malveillant (feminine malveillante, masculine plural malveillants, feminine plural malveillantes)Category:French lemmas#MALVEILLANTCategory:French adjectives#MALVEILLANTCategory:French entries with incorrect language header#MALVEILLANTCategory:Pages with entries#MALVEILLANTCategory:Pages with 1 entry#MALVEILLANT
- malicious, malevolent
- Antonym: bienveillant
Derived terms
Further reading
- “malveillant”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012
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