# mauvais quart d'heure

> English word · Noun · IPA /məʊˌveɪ kɑː(ɹ)ˈdɜː(ɹ)/

## Definitions
1. A brief unpleasant period; a bad yet quick experience.

## Etymology
Unadapted borrowing from French mauvais quart d'heure (“bad quarter of an hour”).

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/mauvais-quart-d-heure