assassin
French, noun/a.sa.sɛ̃/
assassin is spelled A-S-S-A-S-S-I-N (8 letters) and appears 6.6 times per million words in written French, the 9,132nd most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Assassin is a French masculine noun meaning “an assassin or other murderer” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Celui ou celle qui assassine”.
What does assassin mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinean assassin or other murderer
adjective
- 1
deadly; fatal; that kills
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Celui ou celle qui assassine. 2. Nom donné à une mouche, un grain de beauté factice. Le Nouveau dictionnaire universel de Prosper Poitevin (1868) la définit comme placée sous l’œil (voir assassine).
adjective: 1. Qui va donner la mort. 2. Qui a des intentions de meurtre. 3. Extrêmement critique, sans merci. 4. D’une grande violence.
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 assassin
- assassins plural
- assassine feminine
- assassines feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce assassin?
- /a.sa.sɛ̃/
- \a.sa.sɛ̃\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to assassin
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is assassin in French?
assassin appears 6.6 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).