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mauvaise langue

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.28 in modern English

Syllables
mau-vaise langue
IPA
20
Scrabble Score
14
Letters
2
Syllables
10
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A tendency to gossip.

Uncountable

noun

A gossip; a scandalmonger.

Countable

Etymology

Borrowed from French mauvaise langue.

Origin

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Inflected Forms

mauvaises langues (plural)

Questions

What does mauvaise langue mean?
A tendency to gossip.
Where does mauvaise langue come from?
It is traced to French.

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