doué
French, adjective
doué is spelled D-O-U-É (4 letters) and appears 8.1 times per million words in written French, the 7,805th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Doué is a French adjective meaning “talented; gifted” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a past participle of douer. Without its accent, doue is a different word: “first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive”. The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Qui a des dons, qui a une aptitude, une facilité naturelle à faire quelque chose”.
What does doué mean in English?
adjective
- 1
talented; gifted
Sophie est douée pour les langues, elle en parle cinq.
- 2
endowed (with de: endowed with)
verb
- 1
past participle of douer
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 des dons, qui a une aptitude, une facilité naturelle à faire quelque chose. 2. Doté.
noun: 1. Lavoir.
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 doué
- douée feminine
- doués masculine plural
- douées feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to doué
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is doué in French?
doué appears 8.1 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).