consterné
French, adjective
consterné is spelled C-O-N-S-T-E-R-N-É (9 letters) and appears about once in every 1 million words in written French, the 37,709th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Consterné is a French adjective meaning “appalled, staggered” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a past participle of consterner. Without its accent, consterne is a different word: “first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive”. The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Atterré, catastrophé”.
What does consterné mean in English?
adjective
- 1
appalled, staggered
verb
- 1
past participle of consterner
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. Atterré, catastrophé.
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 consterné
- consternée feminine
- consternés masculine plural
- consternées feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to consterné
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is consterné in French?
consterné 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).