Grammatical class
Noun
malin
shrewd person, smart person
Details
Syllables
ma-lin
Phonetics
ma.lɛ̃
Grammatical class
Noun
Freq. (books)
7780
Freq. (movies)
2251
Freq. (news)
9782
Variants
Sentences
Ne fais pas le malin ! Tu aurais pu te blesser.
Don't be smug! You could have hurt yourself.
A1
Un petit malin a laissé le lait hors du frigo toute la nuit.
Some wise guy left the milk out of the refrigerator all night.
A1
Tom était un petit malin dans sa jeunesse.
Tom was a clever scamp in his youth.
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Ouais, on sait déjà que tu es un gros malin !
Yeah, we already know you're a big guy!
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