malingre
French, adjective/ma.lɛ̃ɡʁ/
malingre is spelled M-A-L-I-N-G-R-E (8 letters) and appears about once in every 8 million words in written French, the 91,528th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Malingre is a French adjective meaning “delicate, fragile, puny” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Qui est d’une complexion, d’une constitution physique faible et maladive”.
What does malingre mean in English?
adjective
- 1
delicate, fragile, puny
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Qui est d’une complexion, d’une constitution physique faible et maladive.
noun: 1. Celui ou celle qui est d’une complexion, d’une constitution physique faible et maladive.
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 malingre
- malingres plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce malingre?
- /ma.lɛ̃ɡʁ/
- \ma.lɛ̃ɡʁ\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is malingre in French?
malingre appears about once in every 8 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).