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pire.

comparative degree of mauvais: worse

4 characters2 syllables approx.Français language

Meaning & usage

adj/piʁ/

  1. comparative degree of mauvais: worse

    comparative · form-of

  2. superlative degree of mauvais: worst

    form-of · superlative

  3. bad; harmful, serious

    colloquial · proscribed
    C'est moins pire de se casser la gueule que de se la péter.
    C'est lequel le plus pire ?
Where this word comes from

Inherited from Middle French pire, from Old French pire, from Latin peior, from Proto-Indo-European *ped-yōs (“to the ground, downward”). Related to pis.

noun/piʁ/

  1. the worst

    masculine · uncountable
Where this word comes from

Inherited from Middle French pire, from Old French pire, from Latin peior, from Proto-Indo-European *ped-yōs (“to the ground, downward”). Related to pis.

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