malade mental

== French == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ma.lad mɑ̃.tal/ === Noun === malade mental m (plural malades mentaux, feminine malade mentale) (derogatory) madman, fool (now offensive) mentally ill person ==== Usage notes ==== Having been widely used to insult, the term is nowadays considered offensive and is usually replaced by other terms or periphrases to convey the sense of ‘mentally ill person’: e.g. une personne mentalement malade, un individu psychiquement déficient, un homme atteint de troubles mentaux or un homme présentant des troubles mentaux, un psychiatrisé etc. === Adjective === malade mental (feminine malade mentale, masculine plural malades mentaux, feminine plural malades mentales) (slang) crazy, sick [from 20th c.] (offensive) mentally ill Synonyms: mentalement malade, malade mentalement === See also === débile mental handicapé mental