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feminine

/ma.le.dik.sjɔ̃/

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Translation

curse

Word origin

From Latin maledictio ('a speaking ill of'), from male ('badly') and dicere ('to say'). Its opposite, bénédiction, is built the same way from bene ('well').

Origin: Latin
Root: maledictio
English cognates: malediction, malice

Grammar

Genderfeminine

Pluralmalédictions

Examples

A curse has been on the family for years.

He is still going on about the curse of the old castle.

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Curses do not frighten children.

She laid a curse on her enemy.

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Curses! The door is locked.

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This word is part of lesson 53.