peccadille
French edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Spanish pecadillo, with change of gender.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
peccadille f (plural peccadilles)
- peccadillo (small sin or error)
- 1844, Honoré de Balzac, Modeste Mignon:
- La peccadille du soldat est un crime chez le général ; et réciproquement.
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Related terms edit
Further reading edit
- “peccadille”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.