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allumé

French, adjective

allumé is spelled A-L-L-U-M-É (6 letters) and appears 6.5 times per million words in written French, the 9,289th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Allumé is a French adjective meaning “lit, on, lit up” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a past participle of allumer. Without its accent, allume is a different word: “first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive”. The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Qui se consume, en parlant d’un feu”.

What does allumé mean in English?

adjective

  1. 1

    lit, on, lit up

  2. 2

    lit, on, on fire

  3. 3

    on, turned on, switched on

  4. 4

    slangcrazy, weird, eccentric, wacko

  5. 5

    dateddrunk

  6. 6

    congested

  7. 7

    with its eyes bright (and a specified color)

verb

  1. 1

    past participle of allumer

verb

as allume
  1. 1

    first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive

  2. 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

noun: 1. Petit morceau de bois qui sert à allumer une cheminée, un poêle, etc.

adjective: 1. Qui se consume, en parlant d’un feu. 2. En situation de fonctionnement, en parlant d’un appareil mécanique ou électrique (en particulier une lampe). 3. Échauffé, excité par un effort ou, plus particulièrement, par la consommation d'alcool. 4. Qualifie des yeux d’un autre émail que le corps de l’animal.

noun: 1. Fou furieux.

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 allumé

  • allumée feminine
  • allumés masculine plural
  • allumées feminine plural
  • allumes plural
  • alume

Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

English words that translate to allumé

Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.

How common is allumé in French?

allumé appears 6.5 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).

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