mauvaise langue
English
editEtymology
editBorrowed from French mauvaise langue.
Noun
editmauvaise langue (plural mauvaises langues)
- (uncountable) A tendency to gossip.
- (countable) A gossip; a scandalmonger.
French
editEtymology
editLiterally, “bad tongue”.
Pronunciation
editNoun
editmauvaise langue f (plural mauvaises langues)
- (informal) mauvaise langue: a gossip
- Synonym: langue de vipère
- être mauvaise langue ― to be a gossip
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