malveillant
French, adjective/mal.vɛ.jɑ̃/
malveillant is spelled M-A-L-V-E-I-L-L-A-N-T (11 letters) and appears 1.0 times per million words in written French, the 31,386th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Malveillant is a French adjective meaning “malicious, malevolent” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Porté à vouloir, à souhaiter du mal à autrui”.
What does malveillant mean in English?
adjective
- 1
malicious, malevolent
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Porté à vouloir, à souhaiter du mal à autrui. 2. Qui a de la malveillance. 3. Où il y a de la malveillance.
noun: 1. Personne malveillante.
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 malveillant
- malveillante feminine
- malveillants masculine plural
- malveillantes feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce malveillant?
- /mal.vɛ.jɑ̃/
- /mal.ve.jɑ̃/
- \mal.vɛ.jɑ̃\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to malveillant
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is malveillant in French?
malveillant appears 1.0 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).