maliciel
French, noun/ma.li.sjɛl/
maliciel is spelled M-A-L-I-C-I-E-L (8 letters) and appears about once in every 62 million words in written French, the 247,574th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Maliciel is a French masculine noun meaning “malware (software developed to harm a computer system)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Programme ou partie de programme destiné à perturber, altérer ou détruire tout ou partie des éléments…”.
What does maliciel mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinemalware (software developed to harm a computer system)
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Programme ou partie de programme destiné à perturber, altérer ou détruire tout ou partie des éléments logiques indispensables au bon fonctionnement d’un système informatique.
adjective: 1. Qui concerne les logiciels malveillants.
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 maliciel
- maliciels plural
- malicielle singular feminine
- malicielles plural feminine
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce maliciel?
- /ma.li.sjɛl/
- \ma.li.sjɛl\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to maliciel
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is maliciel in French?
maliciel appears about once in every 62 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).