canaillerie
French edit
Etymology edit
From canaille (“trickster, prankster; scoundrel, rascal”) + -erie (denotes nouns describing qualities or properties).
Pronunciation edit
- IPA(key): /ka.naj.ʁi/, /ka.na.jə.ʁi/
Audio (France) (file)
- (Louisiana) IPA(key): /kɑ̃.naj.ri/
- Rhymes: -i
- Homophone: canailleries
Noun edit
canaillerie f (plural canailleries)
- prank, mischievous trick, blackguardism
- mischief, mischievousness
- wickedness, unkind action
- deceit
Further reading edit
- “canaillerie”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.