maladresse
French, noun/ma.la.dʁɛs/
maladresse is spelled M-A-L-A-D-R-E-S-S-E (10 letters) and appears 2.1 times per million words in written French, the 20,080th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Maladresse is a French feminine noun meaning “clumsiness” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Défaut d’adresse”.
What does maladresse mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineclumsiness
- 2
femininetactlessness
- 3
feminineawkwardness
- 4
femininemistake, blunder
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Défaut d’adresse. 2. Manque de savoir-faire ou manque d'habileté à bien faire.
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 maladresse
- maladresses plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce maladresse?
- /ma.la.dʁɛs/
- \ma.la.dʁɛs\
- \ma.lad.ʁɛs\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to maladresse
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is maladresse in French?
maladresse appears 2.1 times per million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).