accusé
French, noun
accusé is a French masculine noun meaning “accused” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a past participle of accuser. Without its accent, accuse is a different word: “first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive”. The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Sorte de reçu , de quittance”.
What does accusé mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineaccused
verb
- 1
past participle of accuser
- 2
marked, conspicuous
verb
- 1
first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
- 2
second-person singular imperative
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Accentué.
noun: 1. Sorte de reçu , de quittance.
noun: 1. Personne qui est mise en cause par la justice.
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 accusé
- accusés plural
- accusée feminine
- accusées feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to accusé
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is accusé in French?
accusé appears 25 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).