convenable
French, adjective/kɔ̃v.nabl/
convenable is spelled C-O-N-V-E-N-A-B-L-E (10 letters) and appears 4.2 times per million words in written French, the 12,736th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Convenable is a French adjective meaning “appropriate; correct; usable” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Qui est approprié ou qui convient à quelqu’un ou à quelque chose”.
What does convenable mean in English?
adjective
- 1
appropriate; correct; usable
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Qui est approprié ou qui convient à quelqu’un ou à quelque chose. 2. Qui est bien proportionné à quelque chose. 3. Qui est conforme aux règles de la morale mondaine ou du savoir-vivre.
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 convenable
- convenables plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce convenable?
- /kɔ̃v.nabl/
- \kɔ̃v.nabl\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to convenable
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is convenable in French?
convenable appears 4.2 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).