condensé
French, adjective
condensé is spelled C-O-N-D-E-N-S-É (8 letters) and appears 1.3 times per million words in written French, the 27,000th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Condensé is a French adjective meaning “condensed” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a past participle of condenser. Without its accent, condense is a different word: “first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive”. The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Qui a été réduit, concentré dans un volume, un espace plus petit”.
What does condensé mean in English?
adjective
- 1
condensed
verb
- 1
past participle of condenser
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. Qui a été réduit, concentré dans un volume, un espace plus petit. 2. Désigne la matière dans un état solide ou liquide, où les atomes ou molécules sont proches. 3. Désigne des molécules liées par condensation. 4. Désigne une chasse où les caractères sont rapprochés.
noun: 1. Substance condensée (cf. adjectif), concentrée : concentré, aussi au sens figuré. 2. Résumé, extrait d’un ouvrage, voire un recueil d’iceux.
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 condensé
- condensée feminine
- condensés masculine plural
- condensées feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to condensé
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is condensé in French?
condensé appears 1.3 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).