cruauté - Wiktionary, the free dictionary

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First attested in Old French, corresponding to cruel +‎ -té. Possibly from an unattested Vulgar Latin *crūdālitās, crūdālitātem (from Latin crūdēlitātem).

• IPA^(key): /kʁy.o.te/

cruauté f (plural cruautés)

1. cruelty
2. (usually in the plural) a cruel act

• cruel

• “cruauté”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

• “cruauté”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

• crualté

Possibly from an unattested Vulgar Latin *crūdālitās, crūdālitātem (from Latin crūdēlitās), or from cruel +‎ -té

cruauté oblique singular, f (oblique plural cruautez, nominative singular cruauté, nominative plural cruautez)

1. cruelty

• cruel, crual

• French: cruauté