maléfique
French, adjective/ma.le.fik/
maléfique is spelled M-A-L-É-F-I-Q-U-E (9 letters) and appears 3.0 times per million words in written French, the 15,828th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Maléfique is a French adjective meaning “maleficent, malevolent” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Qui se disait des planètes et des étoiles auxquelles l’ignorance et la superstition attribuaient de malignes…”.
What does maléfique mean in English?
adjective
- 1
maleficent, malevolent
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Qui se disait des planètes et des étoiles auxquelles l’ignorance et la superstition attribuaient de malignes influences. 2. Qui exerce une influence occulte et malfaisante ; qui cause du mal, qui porte malheur. 3. Qui relève des forces du diable, du démon.
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 maléfique
- maléfiques plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce maléfique?
- /ma.le.fik/
- \ma.le.fik\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to maléfique
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is maléfique in French?
maléfique appears 3.0 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).