atténué
French, adjective
atténué is spelled A-T-T-É-N-U-É (7 letters) and appears about once in every 1 million words in written French, the 34,022nd most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Atténué is a French adjective meaning “attenuated” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a past participle of atténuer. With an accent, atténue is a different word: “first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive”. The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Rendu moins prononcé”.
What does atténué mean in English?
adjective
- 1
attenuated
- 2
mitigated
verb
- 1
past participle of atténuer
verb
- 1
first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
- 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
adjective: 1. Rendu moins prononcé. 2. Qualifie une plante qui diminue de la base vers son sommet, ou inversement. 3. Qualifie un agent pathogène rendu moins virulent.
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 atténué
- atténuée feminine
- atténués masculine plural
- atténuées feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How common is atténué in French?
atténué appears about once in every 1 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).