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/ === Noun === cruauté f (plural cruautés) cruelty (usually in the plural) a cruel act ==== Related terms ==== cruel === 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) cruelty ==== Related terms ==== cruel, crual ==== Descendants ==== French: cruauté