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10 Language-to-English Dictionariesméchant
Pronunciation / Transliteration: méchant
"Dans le film, le méchant essaie de conquérir le monde."
Comprehensive Definitions & Senses
2 senses- 1
A person who is considered to be evil or morally wrong.
"In the movie, the bad guy tries to take over the world." - 2
A character in a story or situation who opposes the hero.
"The bad guy in the story was always one step ahead of the hero."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology
The term 'bad guy' combines the adjective 'bad', derived from Old English 'bædd', meaning 'evil' or 'wicked', and 'guy', which comes from the French 'guy', a diminutive of 'Guillaume' (William). The phrase has evolved in modern usage to refer to an antagonist or villain in various contexts, particularly in film and literature.
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10 Global Lexicons: How "Bad-Guy" is said worldwide
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méchant
Transliteration: méchant
"Dans le film, le méchant essaie de conquérir le monde."
Bösewicht
Transliteration: Bösewicht
"Im Film versucht der Bösewicht, die Welt zu erobern."
cattivo
Transliteration: cattivo
"Nel film, il cattivo cerca di conquistare il mondo."
villano
Transliteration: villano
"En la película, el villano intenta conquistar el mundo."
vilão
Transliteration: vilão
"No filme, o vilão tenta conquistar o mundo."
खलनायक
Transliteration: khalnayak
"फिल्म में, खलनायक दुनिया पर कब्जा करने की कोशिश करता है।"
坏人
Transliteration: huài rén
"在电影中，坏人试图征服世界。"
악당
Transliteration: akdang
"영화에서 악당은 세상을 정복하려고 한다."
悪役
Transliteration: akuyaku
"映画では、悪役が世界を征服しようとしています。"
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