malpoli
French, noun/mal.pɔ.li/
malpoli is spelled M-A-L-P-O-L-I (7 letters) and appears about once in every 3 million words in written French, the 51,956th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Malpoli is a French masculine noun meaning “a rude person” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Personne grossière, mal éduquée”.
What does malpoli mean in English?
adjective
- 1
rude, impolite
noun
- 1
masculinea rude person
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Grossier, impoli.
noun: 1. Personne grossière, mal éduquée.
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 malpoli
- malpolie feminine
- malpolis masculine plural
- malpolies feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce malpoli?
- /mal.pɔ.li/
- \mal.pɔ.li\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to malpoli
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is malpoli in French?
malpoli appears about once in every 3 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).