défavorisé
French, adjective
défavorisé is spelled D-É-F-A-V-O-R-I-S-É (10 letters) and appears about once in every 2 million words in written French, the 42,802nd most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Défavorisé is a French adjective meaning “disenfranchised, underprivileged (not represented)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a past participle of défavoriser. With an accent, défavorise is a different word: “first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive”. The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Qui est pauvre, non représenté”.
What does défavorisé mean in English?
adjective
- 1
disenfranchised, underprivileged (not represented)
- 2
disadvantaged
- 3
poor, low-income (of a neighbourhood)
verb
- 1
past participle of défavoriser
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. Qui est pauvre, non représenté.
noun: 1. Personne pauvre, non représentée.
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 défavorisé
- défavorisée feminine
- défavorisés masculine plural
- défavorisées feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to défavorisé
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is défavorisé in French?
défavorisé appears about once in every 2 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).