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The French word for sick is
malade





sick

Plural

The plural of malade is malades.

French Definition


sick
     1. adj. Malade, malsain.
     2. adj. (Argot) Excellent, super, génial.
           The film we went to see was sick.
           Le film que nous sommes allés voir était génial.
     3. n. Malades (singulier collectif).
           We must to cure the sick.
           Nous devons soigner les malades.



Translations for sick and their definitions



malade
     1. adj. ill, unwell, sick
           Elle est si malade qu’elle ne peut pas venir. - She is so ill that she cannot come.
     2. adj. (informal) Mentally disturbed; crazy; nuts; mental
     3. n. an ill or sick person; a patient
     4. n. (informal) someone who is crazy; a nutcase
     5. n. (colloquial) nut (extreme enthusiast)
           C'est un malade de cinéma. - He's a cinema nut.


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