abject
French, adjective/ab.ʒɛkt/
abject is spelled A-B-J-E-C-T (6 letters) and appears about once in every 1 million words in written French, the 34,022nd most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Abject is a French adjective meaning “Worthy of utmost contempt or disgust; vile; despicable” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Qui est dans un état d’abjection, qui est rejeté et digne de l’être ; vil, méprisable”.
What does abject mean in English?
adjective
- 1
Worthy of utmost contempt or disgust; vile; despicable
- 2
obsoleteof the lowest social position
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Qui est dans un état d’abjection, qui est rejeté et digne de l’être ; vil, méprisable.
noun: 1. Ce qui est, ou celui qui est abject.
The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.
Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of abject
- abjecte feminine
- abjects masculine plural
- abjectes feminine plural
- abjet archaic
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce abject?
- /ab.ʒɛkt/
- \ab.ʒɛ\
- \ab.ʒɛkt\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to abject
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is abject in French?
abject appears about once in every 1 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).