agenouillé
French, adjective
agenouillé is a French adjective meaning “kneeling, in a kneeling position” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a past participle of agenouiller. Without its accent, agenouille is a different word: “first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive”. The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Qui est à genoux”.
What does agenouillé mean in English?
adjective
- 1
kneeling, in a kneeling position
verb
- 1
past participle of agenouiller
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. Qui est à genoux. 2. Qui est assujetti, vaincu. 3. Qui est humilié.
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 agenouillé
- agenouillée feminine
- agenouillés masculine plural
- agenouillées feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How common is agenouillé in French?
agenouillé appears about once in every 2 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).