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bê·tise

(bā-tēz′)

n. pl. bêtises (-tēz′)

1. Stupidity; folly: "The bêtise of our human community is everywhere" (Thornton Wilder).

2. A stupid or foolish act or remark.

[French, from bête, beast, fool, foolish, from Old French beste, beast; see beast.]

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bêtise

(bɛˈtiːz)

rare folly or lack of perception

[French, from bête foolish, from bête (n) stupid person, beast]

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bê•tise

(bɛˈtiz)

n., pl. -tises (-ˈtiz) ).

1. lack of understanding; stupidity.

2. a stupid or foolish act or remark.

[1820–30; < French]

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betise - a stupid mistake

folly, imbecility, stupidity, foolishness

error, fault, mistake - a wrong action attributable to bad judgment or ignorance or inattention; "he made a bad mistake"; "she was quick to point out my errors"; "I could understand his English in spite of his grammatical faults"

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"Ah, Maman, ne dites pas de betises. Vous ne comprenez rein.

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" Seule, elle fera des betises." More than this I could not overhear, but he seemed to have got some plan in his mind, or even to be feeling a slight return of his hopes.

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Dans son requisitoire, le procureur Annabelle Philippe a evoque le "jihad mediatique" sur internet, "nouveau vecteur de propagande des terroristes", et requis trois ans de prison, dont la moitie avec sursis, mais l'accuse a reconnu qu'il avait " fait une grosse betise", rapporte le figaro.fr