diligent
French, adjective/di.li.ʒɑ̃/
diligent is spelled D-I-L-I-G-E-N-T (8 letters) and appears about once in every 4 million words in written French, the 69,707th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Diligent is a French adjective meaning “diligent (performing with intense concentration)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Qui est prompt dans l’exécution d’une chose”.
What does diligent mean in English?
adjective
- 1
diligent (performing with intense concentration)
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Qui est prompt dans l’exécution d’une chose. 2. Qui est soigneux dans ce qu’il a à faire. 3. Relatif à Stukely-Sud, municipalité de village québécoise.
noun: 1. Machine destinée à dévider l'or en brins sur une broche, utilisée par les brodeurs.
noun: 1. Habitant de Stukely-Sud, municipalité de village québécoise ^([1]).
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 diligent
- diligente feminine
- diligents masculine plural
- diligentes feminine plural
- Diligents plural
- Diligente feminine
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce diligent?
- /di.li.ʒɑ̃/
- \di.li.ʒɑ̃\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to diligent
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is diligent in French?
diligent appears about once in every 4 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).