courageux
French, adjective/ku.ʁa.ʒø/
courageux is spelled C-O-U-R-A-G-E-U-X (9 letters) and appears 9.8 times per million words in written French, the 6,801st most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Courageux is a French adjective meaning “courageous, brave, daring” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Qui fait preuve de courage face au danger ou à l’adversité”.
What does courageux mean in English?
adjective
- 1
courageous, brave, daring
courageux mais pas téméraire
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Qui fait preuve de courage face au danger ou à l’adversité. 2. Qui démontre le courage d’une personne. 3. Qui montre de l’ardeur au travail. Dans sa forme négative, qui est peu enthousiaste face à une tâche, qui fait preuve de peu de volonté.
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 courageux
- courageuse feminine
- courageuses feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce courageux?
- /ku.ʁa.ʒø/
- \ku.ʁa.ʒø\
- [ku.ʁa.ʒø]
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to courageux
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is courageux in French?
courageux appears 9.8 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).