peccadille

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish pecadillo, with change of gender.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /pɛ.ka.dij/, /pe.ka.dij/
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Noun

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

péché

Further reading

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

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