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French
Etymology
From pestilence + -iel.
Pronunciation
Adjective
pestilentiel (feminine pestilentielle, masculine plural pestilentiels, feminine plural pestilentielles)
- highly injurious or destructive to life; pestilent
- producing, spreading, promoting or infected with pestilence; causing infection; pestilent
- putrid, rotten, foul
- Synonyms: infect, infame, immonde
- une odeur pestilentielle ― a pudrid smell
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