comédienne
French, noun/kɔ.me.djɛn/
comédienne is spelled C-O-M-É-D-I-E-N-N-E (10 letters) and appears 4.7 times per million words in written French, the 11,729th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Comédienne is a French feminine noun meaning “female equivalent of comédien: actress” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Femme dont la profession est d’interpréter un personnage, de jouer un rôle au théâtre, au cinéma, à la…”.
What does comédienne mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininefemale equivalent of comédien: actress
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Femme dont la profession est d’interpréter un personnage, de jouer un rôle au théâtre, au cinéma, à la télévision. 2. Femme qui aime prendre des poses de comédienne, voire simule, joue la comédie.
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 comédienne
- comédiennes plural
- comédien masculine
- comédiennex neuter
- comédien·ne neuter
- comédian neuter
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce comédienne?
- /kɔ.me.djɛn/
- \kɔ.me.djɛn\
- [kɔ.me.djɛn]
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to comédienne
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is comédienne in French?
comédienne appears 4.7 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).