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angoisse

French, noun

angoisse is spelled A-N-G-O-I-S-S-E (8 letters) and appears 10 times per million words in written French, the 6,484th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Angoisse is a French feminine noun meaning “anguish, distress” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive of angoisser. With an accent, angoissé is a different word: “worried; scared”. The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Anxiété extrême, accompagnée d’un serrement douloureux à l’épigastre, d’oppression et de palpitation. On…”.

What does angoisse mean in English?

noun

  1. 1

    feminineanguish, distress

  2. 2

    feminineanxiety

  3. 3

    feminineangst

  4. 4

    femininefear, dread

verb

  1. 1

    first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive

  2. 2

    second-person singular imperative

adjective

as angoissé
  1. 1

    worried; scared

  2. 2

    tense; nervous

verb

as angoissé
  1. 1

    past participle of angoisser

Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How French dictionaries define it

noun: 1. Anxiété extrême, accompagnée d’un serrement douloureux à l’épigastre, d’oppression et de palpitation. On l’observe dans plusieurs maladies, surtout dans les affections nerveuses. 2. Grande affliction d’esprit mêlée d’une vive inquiétude.

adjective: 1. Qui éprouve ou exprime de l’angoisse.

noun: 1. Personne angoissée.

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 angoisse

  • angoisses plural
  • angoissée feminine
  • angoissés masculine plural
  • angoissées feminine plural

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

English words that translate to angoisse

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

How common is angoisse in French?

angoisse appears 10 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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