appointé
French, adjective/a.pwɛ̃.te/
appointé is spelled A-P-P-O-I-N-T-É (8 letters) and appears about once in every 15 million words in written French, the 126,551st most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Appointé is a French adjective meaning “salaried” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Qui reçoit des appointements”.
What does appointé mean in English?
adjective
- 1
salaried
- 2
appointed
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Décision qui appointe. 2. Militaire qui avait une plus forte paie que le soldat. 3. Celui, celle qui reçoit des appointements.
adjective: 1. Qui reçoit des appointements. 2. Placé pointe contre pointe. 3. Qualifiait un procès à juger sur rapport. 4. Taillé en pointe
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 appointé
- appointée feminine
- appointés masculine plural
- appointées feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce appointé?
- /a.pwɛ̃.te/
- \a.pwɛ̃.te\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is appointé in French?
appointé appears about once in every 15 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).