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noun, feminine

cruauté

/kʁy.o.te/

noun, feminine/kʁy.o.te/plural: cruautés

cruelty; a cruel act

First attested in Old French, corresponding to cruel + -té. Possibly from an unattested Vulgar Latin *crūdālitās, crūdālitātem (from Latin crūdēlitātem).