"C'est une mauvaise pièce."

Translation: It is a bad piece.

[Cephlin]

What is meant by piece? Like cake? Music? The generic "piece" of something...? A mantle piece?

[MADAMEFLOCH]

Piece or play could both work here.

[Abelmisi]

or even "room"!

[Maggieroni]

I think a bad play would make more sense!
as in pièce de théâtre

[bartonkbrown]

(imho) "It is a bad coin" should also be accepted.

[jmsacklin]

I think so too!

[ag3n7_z3r0]

This is what I tried, and it was accepted, but what does it mean? Is the coin counterfeit?

[sevillaarvin]

Find out next on CBS.

[Lebowskii98]

The audio of pièce is strange. Sounds like two women saying it at the same time!

[Lisa786]

the many meanings of pièce, bad, good or otherwise: https://www.linguee.com/french-english/translation/pi%C3%A8ce.html

[kevinbyberge]

why the audiable s-ending of mauvaise here? shouldnt it be silent considering the p in the beginning of pièce?

[Maggieroni]

That is how mauvaise is pronounced, it has nothing to do with it being before a vowel. Just like vichyssoise which is also completely pronounced.

[moosebouse]

The rule I was taught is that you pronounce every consonant that is followed by a vowel. The S is followed by a vowel in "mauvaise," so it is pronounced. If it was masculine, e.g., "mauvais," it wouldn't be pronounced, i.e., un mauvais livre, un mauvais repas.

[philipo79]

Could it mean "it's a fake coin"?

[coureuse]

I think fake translates better as "fausse" : "C'est une fausse pièce."

" Pièce " has lots of meanings. A bad theater play (pièce de théâtre) would make sense here. It could also be a bad mechanical part.

https://www.larousse.fr/dictionnaires/francais-anglais/pi%C3%A8ce/60388

[jamayfield]

Isn't "room"more appropriate?

[Jack.Elliot]

I had it as a Play

[Robin341141]

This is a bad room (it is haunted) :)

[frankie100828]

Just a poor sentence i believe...

[Rhonda859305]

Could "play" refer to a play in a card game? "It was a bad play. He lost the hand."?

[thoscorco]

What is a bad piece???

[flyings0lo]

I put "It's a cheap room." No dice.

[stevendereknoble]

I think 'mauvaise' could translate as poor here, especially as we don't know what 'piece' refers to, but it doesn't seem to be allowed.