malice
French, noun/ma.lis/
malice is spelled M-A-L-I-C-E (6 letters) and appears 1.8 times per million words in written French, the 21,879th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Malice is a French feminine noun meaning “mischief” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Inclination à nuire, à mal faire, à causer de la peine”.
What does malice mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininemischief
- 2
femininemalice
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Inclination à nuire, à mal faire, à causer de la peine. 2. Malignité. 3. Action faite avec malice. 4. Finesse, habileté, subtilité.
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 malice
- malices plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce malice?
- /ma.lis/
- \ma.lis\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to malice
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is malice in French?
malice appears 1.8 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).