mégère
See also: megere
French
editEtymology
editAfter Mégère (“Megaera”), deity of vengeance. Compare Portuguese and Italian megera.
Pronunciation
editNomen
editmégère f (plural mégères)
- (derogatory) shrew, vixen (ill-tempered woman)
- 2015 January, Virginie Despentes, Vernon Subutex, volume 1, Éditions Grasset, →ISBN, page 17; republished as Frank Wynne, transl., 2018:
- Elle a fait des enfants, bien sûr. C’était ce genre de filles. Qui se rangent. Sans rien perdre de leur charme. Pas une mégère.
- She had kids, obviously. She was that kind of girl. The kind who settles down. Without losing any of their charm. Not a bitch.
- wall brown
Further reading
edit- “mégère”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.