dégénéré
French, noun
dégénéré is spelled D-É-G-É-N-É-R-É (8 letters) and appears 2.5 times per million words in written French, the 17,903rd most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Dégénéré is a French masculine noun meaning “a degenerate” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a past participle of dégénérer. With an accent, dégénère is a different word: “first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive”. The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Personne dont la constitution physique et mentale est atteinte, totalement ou partiellement, d’une déchéance…”.
What does dégénéré mean in English?
adjective
- 1
degenerate (all senses)
noun
- 1
masculinea degenerate
verb
- 1
past participle of dégénérer
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 a subi une dégénérescence. 2. Abruti. 3. Qualifie une figure géométrique quand les paramètres qui la définissent prennent des valeurs critiques.
noun: 1. Personne dont la constitution physique et mentale est atteinte, totalement ou partiellement, d’une déchéance héréditaire.
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 dégénéré
- dégénérée feminine
- dégénérés masculine plural
- dégénérées feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to dégénéré
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is dégénéré in French?
dégénéré appears 2.5 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).