dédaigneux
French, adjective/de.dɛ.ɲø/
dédaigneux is spelled D-É-D-A-I-G-N-E-U-X (10 letters) and appears about once in every 3 million words in written French, the 59,881st most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Dédaigneux is a French adjective meaning “scornful, disdainful, contemptuous” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Qui a ou qui marque du dédain”.
What does dédaigneux mean in English?
adjective
- 1
scornful, disdainful, contemptuous
indifférence dédaigneuse
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Qui a ou qui marque du dédain.
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 dédaigneux
- dédaigneuse feminine
- dédaigneuses feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce dédaigneux?
- /de.dɛ.ɲø/
- /de.de.ɲø/
- \de.dɛ.ɲø\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to dédaigneux
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is dédaigneux in French?
dédaigneux appears about once in every 3 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).