développé
French, adjective
développé is spelled D-É-V-E-L-O-P-P-É (9 letters) and appears 26 times per million words in written French, the 3,067th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Développé is a French adjective meaning “developed” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a past participle of développer. With an accent, développe is a different word: “first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive”. The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Qui a atteint un certain niveau de complexité, de maturité ou d’avancement”.
What does développé mean in English?
adjective
- 1
developed
verb
- 1
past participle of développer
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 atteint un certain niveau de complexité, de maturité ou d’avancement.
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 développé
- développée feminine
- développés masculine plural
- développées feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to développé
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is développé in French?
développé appears 26 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).