maligne
French, adjective/ma.liɲ/
maligne is spelled M-A-L-I-G-N-E (7 letters) and appears 2.2 times per million words in written French, the 19,481st most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Maligne is a French feminine adjective meaning “feminine singular of malin” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
What does maligne mean in English?
adjective
- 1
femininefeminine singular of malin
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Personne fine et rusée.
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 maligne
- malignes plural
- malin masculine
- maline
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce maligne?
- /ma.liɲ/
- \ma.liɲ\
- \ma.lin\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is maligne in French?
maligne appears 2.2 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).