mauviette

French

With caterpillar caught in beak

Etymology

From mauvis +‎ -ette.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /mo.vjɛt/
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Noun

mauviette f (plural mauviettes)

Eurasian skylark (Alauda arvensis)
(colloquial, derogatory) wimp, candy-ass
Ne fais pas ta mauviette.[1] ― Don't be such a wimp.

Tu te dégonfles encore, mauviette ?[2] ― You chicken out again, you coward?

References

Further reading

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

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