débraillé
French, adjective
débraillé is spelled D-É-B-R-A-I-L-L-É (9 letters) and appears about once in every 7 million words in written French, the 84,649th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Débraillé is a French adjective meaning “slovenly” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a past participle of débrailler. With an accent, débraille is a different word: “first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive”. The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Dépenaillé, dont la tenue vestimentaire est négligée”.
What does débraillé mean in English?
adjective
- 1
slovenly
verb
- 1
past participle of débrailler
verb
- 1
first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
- 2
second-person singular imperative
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Dépenaillé, dont la tenue vestimentaire est négligée. 2. Négligé, trop libre dans ses manières, dans sa conduite.
noun: 1. Négligence vestimentaire. 2. Négligence dans la conduite.
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 débraillé
- débraillée feminine
- débraillés masculine plural
- débraillées feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to débraillé
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is débraillé in French?
débraillé appears about once in every 7 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).