délit

Inherited from Old French delit, borrowed from Latin dēlictum.

• IPA^(key): /de.li/

• Audio

  (file)

délit m (plural délits)

1. (law) misdemeanor (a crime of a less serious nature than a felony)

   commettre un délit ― (please add an English translation of this usage example) Commit a délit, a misdemeanonor, a delict.

2. (law) tort (a wrongful act unrelated to a contract)

• délinquant

• “délit”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

• ledit
• tilde

déli +‎ -t

• IPA^(key): [ˈdeːlit]
• Hyphenation: dé‧lit

délit

1. accusative singular of déli