atone
French, adjective/a.tɔn/
atone is spelled A-T-O-N-E (5 letters) and appears about once in every 3 million words in written French, the 56,509th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Atone is a French adjective meaning “expressionless” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Qui manque de tonus, de vigueur”.
What does atone mean in English?
adjective
- 1
expressionless
- 2
unstressed
- 3
mute
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Qui manque de tonus, de vigueur. 2. Qui n’a pas d’accent tonique.
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 atone
- atones plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce atone?
- /a.tɔn/
- \a.tɔn\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to atone
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is atone in French?
atone appears about once in every 3 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).