môvés

See also: moves and movés

Franco-Provençal

Etymology

From Late Latin malifātius (“unfortunate”).

Adjective

môvés (feminine môvésa, masculine plural môvés, feminine plural môvéses) (ORB, broad)

1. bad

   Antonym: bon

References

• mauvais in DicoFranPro: Dictionnaire Français/Francoprovençal – on dicofranpro.llm.umontreal.ca
• môvés in Lo trèsor Arpitan – on arpitan.eu

Further information

• ALF: Atlas Linguistique de la France^[1] [Linguistic Atlas of France] – map 826: “mauvais” – on lig-tdcge.imag.fr
• Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002) “malifatius”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch, volumes 6/1: Mabile–Mephitis, page 96