adroit
French, adjective/a.dʁwa/
adroit is spelled A-D-R-O-I-T (6 letters) and appears about once in every 1 million words in written French, the 38,702nd most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Adroit is a French adjective meaning “skilful, apt, skilled (possessing skill, skilled)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Qui a de l’adresse ; qui fait preuve de dextérité”.
What does adroit mean in English?
adjective
- 1
skilful, apt, skilled (possessing skill, skilled)
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Qui a de l’adresse ; qui fait preuve de dextérité. 2. Qui a du corps et de l’esprit. 3. Qui a été pensé avec adresse.
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 adroit
- adroite feminine
- adroits masculine plural
- adroites feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce adroit?
- /a.dʁwa/
- \a.dʁwa\
- \ad.ʁwa\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to adroit
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is adroit in French?
adroit 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).