avarie
French, noun
avarie is spelled A-V-A-R-I-E (6 letters) and appears about once in every 1 million words in written French, the 37,217th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Avarie is a French feminine noun meaning “damage (to a vessel or goods it is carrying)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With an accent, avarié is a different word: “damaged”. The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Toute détérioration subie lors d’un transport”.
What does avarie mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininedamage (to a vessel or goods it is carrying)
- 2
femininedeterioration
adjective
- 1
damaged
- 2
rotten
verb
- 1
past participle of avarier
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Qualifie les marchandises gâtées dans un navire durant un voyage. 2. (Pour des aliments) Qui présente des signes de putréfaction. 3. (Pour une machine) Qui est endommagé.
noun: 1. Dommage survenu à un bâtiment ou aux marchandises dont il est chargé. 2. Toute détérioration subie lors d’un transport. 3. Problème mécanique ; panne. 4. Blessure.
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 avarie
- avaries plural
- avariée feminine
- avariés masculine plural
- avariées feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to avarie
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is avarie in French?
avarie 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).