malédiction

== French == === Etymology === Borrowed from Latin maledictiōnem. See mal and bénédiction. Supplanted the inherited Old French form maleiçon. Compare also maudition. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ma.le.dik.sjɔ̃/ Homophone: malédictions === Noun === malédiction f (plural malédictions) spell, curse (supernatural detriment) Synonym: maudition Antonym: bénédiction ==== Related terms ==== maudire ==== Descendants ==== → Romanian: maledicție === Further reading === “malédiction”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012 Littré, Émile (1873–1878), “malédiction”, in Dictionnaire de la langue française, Paris: L. Hachette