Polyglot Dictionary

mépris

/mepʁi/

le noun B2

le (masc.) la (fem.)

Underline = a spelling pattern that usually signals that gender.

N Register Neutral Era Current Frequency Common Domain General Tone Neutral

Meaning

  1. scorn, contempt

N Category Thing Concreteness Concrete Animacy Inanimate Countability Countable Scope Individual

Similar words

Similar in other languages

English

contempt

contempt is the English word for the same thing — both mean "scorn."

English

disdain

Close — scorn, contempt relates to disdain.

Practice

1 What does mépris mean?

2 Fill the gap: Il a traité l'offre avec ___.

3 Which fingerprint chart matches mépris?

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