débile
French, noun/de.bil/
débile is spelled D-É-B-I-L-E (6 letters) and appears 13 times per million words in written French, the 5,537th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Débile is a French feminine noun meaning “retard” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Personne atteinte d’arriération, de débilité mentale”.
What does débile mean in English?
adjective
- 1
obsoleteweak
- 2
informaldumb, stupid, retarded
noun
- 1
feminineinformalmasculineretard
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Faible, qui manque de forces, de vigueur. 2. Qui est atteint dans sa raison. 3. Stupide.
noun: 1. Personne atteinte d’arriération, de débilité mentale. 2. Personne méprisable qui manque d’intelligence.
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 débile
- débiles plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce débile?
- /de.bil/
- \de.bil\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to débile
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is débile in French?
débile appears 13 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).