adjoint
French, noun/ad.ʒwɛ̃/
adjoint is spelled A-D-J-O-I-N-T (7 letters) and appears 23 times per million words in written French, the 3,324th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Adjoint is a French masculine noun meaning “deputy, assistant” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a past participle of adjoindre. The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Celui qui est adjoint à une personne pour certaines fonctions”.
What does adjoint mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinedeputy, assistant
- 2
masculineadjunct
verb
- 1
past participle of adjoindre
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Qui est adjoint.
noun: 1. Celui qui est adjoint à une personne pour certaines fonctions. 2. Officier municipal qui assiste et supplée le maire.
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 adjoint
- adjoints plural
- adjointe feminine
- adjointes feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce adjoint?
- /ad.ʒwɛ̃/
- \ad.ʒwɛ̃\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to adjoint
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is adjoint in French?
adjoint appears 23 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).