cruauté

French

Etymology

First attested in Old French, corresponding to cruel +‎ -té. Possibly from an unattested Vulgar Latin *crūdālitās, crūdālitātem (from Latin crūdēlitātem).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kʁy.o.te/

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Noun

cruauté f (plural cruautés)

1. cruelty
2. (usually in the plural) a cruel act

Related terms

• cruel

References

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

Further reading

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

Old French

Alternative forms

• crualté

Etymology

Possibly from an unattested Vulgar Latin *crūdālitās, crūdālitātem (from Latin crūdēlitās), or from cruel +‎ -té

Noun

cruauté oblique singular, f (oblique plural cruautez, nominative singular cruauté, nominative plural cruautez)

1. cruelty

Related terms

• cruel, crual

Descendants

• French: cruauté