déconfit
French, adjective/de.kɔ̃.fi/
déconfit is a French adjective meaning “crestfallen” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Déçu, dépité”.
What does déconfit mean in English?
adjective
- 1
crestfallen
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Déçu, dépité.
verb: 1. Participe passé de déconfire.
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 déconfit
- déconfite feminine
- déconfits masculine plural
- déconfites feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce déconfit?
- /de.kɔ̃.fi/
- \de.kɔ̃.fi\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is déconfit in French?
déconfit appears about once in every 22 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).