maléfice
French, noun/ma.le.fis/
maléfice is spelled M-A-L-É-F-I-C-E (8 letters) and appears about once in every 4 million words in written French, the 68,913th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Maléfice is a French masculine noun meaning “evil spell, wicked spell” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Action par laquelle on est censé causer du mal, soit aux hommes, soit aux animaux et aux fruits de la terre…”.
What does maléfice mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineevil spell, wicked spell
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Action par laquelle on est censé causer du mal, soit aux hommes, soit aux animaux et aux fruits de la terre, en employant des moyens cachés et surnaturels.
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 maléfice
- maléfices plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce maléfice?
- /ma.le.fis/
- \ma.le.fis\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to maléfice
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is maléfice in French?
maléfice appears about once in every 4 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).