avaricieux
French, adjective/a.va.ʁi.sjø/
avaricieux is spelled A-V-A-R-I-C-I-E-U-X (10 letters) and appears about once in every 65 million words in written French, the 253,038th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Avaricieux is a French adjective meaning “avaricious; miserly; stingy” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Qui est d’une avarice mesquine”.
What does avaricieux mean in English?
adjective
- 1
avaricious; miserly; stingy
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Qui est d’une avarice mesquine.
noun: 1. Personne qui est d’une avarice mesquine.
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 avaricieux
- avaricieuse feminine
- avaricieuses feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce avaricieux?
- /a.va.ʁi.sjø/
- \a.va.ʁi.sjø\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to avaricieux
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is avaricieux in French?
avaricieux appears about once in every 65 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).