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disposé

French, adjective

disposé is spelled D-I-S-P-O-S-É (7 letters) and appears 35 times per million words in written French, the 2,363rd most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Disposé is a French adjective meaning “organized, placed in a certain fashion, arranged” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a past participle of disposer. Without its accent, dispose is a different word: “first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive”. The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Prêt à faire quelque chose, en parlant de quelqu’un”.

What does disposé mean in English?

adjective

  1. 1

    organized, placed in a certain fashion, arranged

  2. 2

    willing, ready to do (something), prepared

    Je ne suis pas encore disposé à devenir chrétien pour ma petite amie.

verb

  1. 1

    past participle of disposer

verb

as dispose
  1. 1

    first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive

  2. 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. Prêt à faire quelque chose, en parlant de quelqu’un. 2. Qui est dans une disposition d'esprit ou d'humeur particulière.

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 disposé

  • disposée feminine
  • disposés masculine plural
  • disposées feminine plural

Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

How common is disposé in French?

disposé appears 35 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).

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