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/

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• Rhymes: -ɑ̃s

Noun

malfaisance f (plural malfaisances)

1. (literary) wrongdoing

Further reading

• “malfaisance”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.