French edit

Etymology edit

From malade +‎ -if.

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /ma.la.dif/
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Adjective edit

maladif (feminine maladive, masculine plural maladifs, feminine plural maladives)

  1. sickly (habitually sick)
    un enfant maladifa sickly child
  2. poorly (not well, sick)
  3. pathological
    Timidité maladive.Crippling shyness.
  4. diseased (having ill character)

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