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convulsé

French, adjective

convulsé is spelled C-O-N-V-U-L-S-É (8 letters) and appears about once in every 21 million words in written French, the 149,203rd most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Convulsé is a French adjective meaning “convulsed” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a past participle of convulser. The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Qui est atteint de convulsions”.

What does convulsé mean in English?

adjective

  1. 1

    convulsed

  2. 2

    distorted

verb

  1. 1

    past participle of convulser

Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How French dictionaries define it

adjective: 1. Qui est atteint de convulsions.

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 convulsé

  • convulsée feminine
  • convulsés masculine plural
  • convulsées feminine plural

Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

How common is convulsé in French?

convulsé appears about once in every 21 million words in written French.

Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).

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