scandaleux

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin scandalōsus. By surface analysis, scandale +‎ -eux.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /skɑ̃.da.lø/

Adjective

scandaleux (feminine scandaleuse, masculine plural scandaleux, feminine plural scandaleuses)

1. scandalous (wrong, immoral, causing a scandal)

Derived terms

• chronique scandaleuse

Further reading

• “scandaleux”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.