malandrin
French, noun/ma.lɑ̃.dʁɛ̃/
malandrin is spelled M-A-L-A-N-D-R-I-N (9 letters) and appears about once in every 13 million words in written French, the 115,758th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Malandrin is a French masculine noun meaning “brigand” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Voleur ou vagabond dangereux”.
What does malandrin mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinebrigand
- 2
masculinerobber
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Voleur ou vagabond dangereux. 2. Brigand, voleur de grand chemin, rôdeur. 3. Personne malintentionnée.
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 malandrin
- malandrins plural
- malandrine feminine
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce malandrin?
- /ma.lɑ̃.dʁɛ̃/
- \ma.lɑ̃.dʁɛ̃\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to malandrin
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is malandrin in French?
malandrin appears about once in every 13 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).