délit
French, noun/de.li/
délit is spelled D-É-L-I-T (5 letters) and appears 15 times per million words in written French, the 4,925th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Délit is a French masculine noun meaning “misdemeanor (a crime of a less serious nature than a felony)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Toute infraction, consciente ou non, aux lois/règles”.
What does délit mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinemisdemeanor (a crime of a less serious nature than a felony)
commettre un délit
- 2
masculinetort (a wrongful act unrelated to a contract)
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Toute infraction, consciente ou non, aux lois/règles. 2. Infraction que la loi punit de peines correctionnelles.
noun: 1. Position d’une pierre employée dans un sens différent de celui de la stratification. 2. Fente qui se produit dans une pierre dans le sens de son lit.
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 délit
- délits plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce délit?
- /de.li/
- \de.li\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to délit
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is délit in French?
délit appears 15 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).