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bonus malus

French, noun

bonus malus is spelled B-O-N-U-S-M-A-L-U-S (10 letters). Bonus malus is a French masculine noun meaning “alternative form of bonus-malus” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). On this page, bonus-malus is a different word: “merit-rating used to compute no-claim discounts for vehicle insurance”. The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Système de tarification influencée de façon positive ou négative en fonction d’un ou plusieurs critères”.

What does bonus malus mean in English?

noun

  1. 1

    masculinealternative form of bonus-malus

noun

as bonus-malus
  1. 1

    masculinemerit-rating used to compute no-claim discounts for vehicle insurance

Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How French dictionaries define it

noun: 1. Système de tarification influencée de façon positive ou négative en fonction d’un ou plusieurs critères.

noun: 1. Système de tarification influencée de façon positive ou négative en fonction d’un ou plusieurs critères.

The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.

Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.

Forms of bonus malus

  • bonus malus alternative
  • bonus-malus

Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

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