accident
French, noun/ak.si.dɑ̃/
accident is spelled A-C-C-I-D-E-N-T (8 letters) and appears 59 times per million words in written French, the 1,419th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Accident is a French masculine noun meaning “accident” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Événement inattendu qui survient par hasard”.
What does accident mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineaccident
accident de voiture
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Événement inattendu qui survient par hasard. 2. Événement qui ne porte pas à conséquence pour celui qui le vit. 3. Événement impromptu causant des dégâts corporels ou matériels. 4. Affection qui survient brutalement.
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 accident
- accidents plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce accident?
- /ak.si.dɑ̃/
- \ak.si.dɑ̃\
- [ak.si.dɑ̃]
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to accident
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is accident in French?
accident appears 59 times per million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).