méfait
French, noun\me.fɛ\
méfait is spelled M-É-F-A-I-T (6 letters) and appears about once in every 2 million words in written French, the 41,186th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Méfait is a French masculine noun meaning “a misdeed, wrong action by legal or moral standards” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Mauvaise action”.
What does méfait mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinea misdeed, wrong action by legal or moral standards
- 2
masculinesome damage, material harm
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Mauvaise action. 2. Acte criminel. 3. Dégât, conséquence négative.
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 méfait
- méfaits plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce méfait?
- \me.fɛ\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to méfait
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is méfait in French?
méfait appears about once in every 2 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).