criminel
French, noun/kʁi.mi.nɛl/
criminel is spelled C-R-I-M-I-N-E-L (8 letters) and appears 17 times per million words in written French, the 4,479th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Criminel is a French masculine noun meaning “criminal (someone who commits a crime)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Personne convaincue de crime”.
What does criminel mean in English?
adjective
- 1
criminal (against the law)
- 2
crime; criminal
- 3
criminal (similar to a criminal)
noun
- 1
masculinecriminal (someone who commits a crime)
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Qui est coupable d’un crime, de crimes. 2. Condamnable, illicite. 3. Qui appartient à une personne criminelle, ou qui conçoit des pensées criminelles. 4. Qualifie la législation qui concerne les crimes et tout ce qui regarde la procédure qu’on fait contre les personnes accusées de crime.
noun: 1. Personne convaincue de crime. 2. (Usage critiqué) référence nécessaire (résoudre le problème) Simple accusé ou prévenu.
noun: 1. Matière ou procédure criminelle.
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 criminel
- criminelle feminine
- criminels masculine plural
- criminelles feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce criminel?
- /kʁi.mi.nɛl/
- \kʁi.mi.nɛl\
- [kʁi.mi.nɛl]
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to criminel
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is criminel in French?
criminel appears 17 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).