malsain
French, adjective/mal.sɛ̃/
malsain is spelled M-A-L-S-A-I-N (7 letters) and appears 2.9 times per million words in written French, the 16,327th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Malsain is a French adjective meaning “unhealthy, sick” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Qui n’est pas sain, qui a en soi le germe de quelque maladie”.
What does malsain mean in English?
adjective
- 1
unhealthy, sick
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Qui n’est pas sain, qui a en soi le germe de quelque maladie. 2. Qui est tourné vers les choses mauvaises, déraisonnables ; qui se complaît dans les mauvaises mœurs. 3. Nuisible à la santé physique ou morale. 4. Qui est caractérisé par sa négativité morbide.
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 malsain
- malsaine feminine
- malsains masculine plural
- malsaines feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce malsain?
- /mal.sɛ̃/
- \mal.sɛ̃\
- [malsɛ̃]
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to malsain
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is malsain in French?
malsain appears 2.9 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).