maudire
French
verb
Definitions
- (transitive) to curse
Etymology
Inherited from Old French maudire derived from Latin maledīcere compound from French mal (badly, well, illness, bad) + French dire (tell).
Origin
French
dire
Gloss
tell
Concept
Semantic Field
Speech and language
Ontological Category
Action/Process
Kanji
告
Emoji
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- mal English
- maledīcere Latin
- dire Italian
- dire French
- mal French
- mal à propos French
- malheur French
- malintentionné French
- malmener French
- malsain French
- malveillant French
- malvenu French
- maudit French
- médire French
- maldecir Spanish, Castilian
- malplassert Norwegian Bokmål
- maldizer Portuguese
- malplassert Norwegian Nynorsk
- mal Old French
- maleir Old French
- maudire Old French
- diri Esperanto
- maleir Catalan, Valencian
- dire Middle French
- di Haitian, Haitian Creole
- malelve Mauritian Creole
- dit Louisiana Creole French
- malelve Seychellois Creole