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

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!

A2