French

Noun

cruauté f ‎(plural cruautés)

1. cruelty
2. (usually in the plural) a cruel act

Related terms

• cruel

References

• “cruauté” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Old French

Etymology

Possibly from an unattested Vulgar Latin *crudalitas (from Latin crūdēlitās, crūdēlitātem), or from cruel +‎ -té

Noun

cruauté f ‎(oblique plural cruautez, nominative singular cruauté, nominative plural cruautez)

1. cruelty

Related terms

• cruel, crual