mauviette
French
Etymology
mauvis + -ette
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /mo.vjɛt/
Audio (file)
![](Images/wiktionary/Alauda_arvensis_2.jpg.webp)
With caterpillar caught in beak
Noun
mauviette f (plural mauviettes)
- Eurasian skylark (Alauda arvensis)
- (colloquial, derogatory) wimp, candy-ass
Further reading
- “mauviette”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.