scélératesse
French, noun/se.le.ʁa.tɛs/
scélératesse is spelled S-C-É-L-É-R-A-T-E-S-S-E (12 letters) and appears about once in every 78 million words in written French, the 276,145th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Scélératesse is a French feminine noun meaning “villainy” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Manière d’être, d’agir de celui qui est scélérat ; résultat de cette action”.
What does scélératesse mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininevillainy
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Manière d’être, d’agir de celui qui est scélérat ; résultat de cette action.
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 scélératesse
- scélératesses plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce scélératesse?
- /se.le.ʁa.tɛs/
- \se.le.ʁa.tɛs\
- [se.le.ʁa.tɛs]
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is scélératesse in French?
scélératesse appears about once in every 78 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).