docile
French, adjective/dɔ.sil/
docile is spelled D-O-C-I-L-E (6 letters) and appears 1.5 times per million words in written French, the 24,887th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Docile is a French adjective meaning “docile” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Qui a de la disposition à se laisser conduire et diriger ; qui obéit facilement”.
What does docile mean in English?
adjective
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docile
Near-synonym: obéissant
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Qui a de la disposition à se laisser conduire et diriger ; qui obéit facilement. 2. Qui a de la disposition à céder, à obéir. 3. Qui se laisse instruire et éduquer. 4. Qui reste conciliant, qui n'expose aucune revendication, n'affiche encore moins une opposition virulente ou un point d’honneur, en particulier dans les controverses.
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 docile
- dociles plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce docile?
- /dɔ.sil/
- \dɔ.sil\
- [dɔ.sil]
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to docile
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is docile in French?
docile appears 1.5 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).