dissident
French, noun/di.si.dɑ̃/
dissident is spelled D-I-S-S-I-D-E-N-T (9 letters) and appears 1.3 times per million words in written French, the 27,000th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Dissident is a French masculine noun meaning “dissenter” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Personne qui se démarque d'une doctrine religieuse ou d'un dogme”.
What does dissident mean in English?
adjective
- 1
dissenting, dissident
noun
- 1
masculinedissenter
- 2
masculinedissident, someone who has dissenting opinion
- 3
masculinedissident, an opponent to a political regime
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Qui est en désaccord. 2. Qui professe une doctrine, une opinion différente de celle du plus grand nombre. 3. Membre de la Petite Église, dans l'ouest de la France.
noun: 1. Personne qui se démarque d'une doctrine religieuse ou d'un dogme. 2. Tribus restées insoumises dans un pays de protectorat. 3. Opposant au régime politique totalitaire qui, en URSS, dans les pays de l’Est, etc., luttèrent contre le communisme.
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 dissident
- dissidente feminine
- dissidents masculine plural
- dissidentes feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce dissident?
- /di.si.dɑ̃/
- \di.si.dɑ̃\
- \disidɑ̃\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to dissident
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is dissident in French?
dissident appears 1.3 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).