défait
French, verb/de.fɛ/
défait is spelled D-É-F-A-I-T (6 letters) and appears 4.7 times per million words in written French, the 11,729th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Défait is a French verb meaning “past participle of défaire” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
What does défait mean in English?
verb
- 1
past participle of défaire
verb
- 1
third-person singular present indicative of défaire
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Qui est dénoué, déconstruit, mis dans un état inconvenable, désordonné. 2. Qui est abattu, amaigri.
noun: 1. Personne qui a été défaite.
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 défait
- défaite feminine
- défaits masculine plural
- défaites feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce défait?
- /de.fɛ/
- \de.fɛ\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to défait
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is défait in French?
défait appears 4.7 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).