démuni
French, adjective/de.my.ni/
démuni is spelled D-É-M-U-N-I (6 letters) and appears about once in every 2 million words in written French, the 42,227th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Démuni is a French adjective meaning “destitute, penniless” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a past participle of démunir. The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Qui est privé de ressources de quelque genre que ce soit”.
What does démuni mean in English?
adjective
- 1
destitute, penniless
verb
- 1
past participle of démunir
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Qui est privé de ressources de quelque genre que ce soit.
noun: 1. Personne privée de ressources de quelque genre que ce soit.
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 démuni
- démunie feminine
- démunis masculine plural
- démunies feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce démuni?
- /de.my.ni/
- \de.my.ni\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to démuni
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is démuni in French?
démuni 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).