douteux
French, adjective/du.tø/
douteux is spelled D-O-U-T-E-U-X (7 letters) and appears 6.2 times per million words in written French, the 9,615th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Douteux is a French adjective meaning “doubtful, uncertain, questionable (issue, outcome, date etc.)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Qui est l'objet d'un doute, faute d'éléments suffisants d'information”.
What does douteux mean in English?
adjective
- 1
doubtful, uncertain, questionable (issue, outcome, date etc.)
- 2
dubious, questionable (morals, qualities etc.)
- 3
rather unclean (piece of clothing)
Son complet sombre était élimé, sa chemise douteuse, la cravate mal nouée.
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Qui est l'objet d'un doute, faute d'éléments suffisants d'information. 2. Qualifie les personnes sur qui l’on ne peut pas trop compter, dont on n’est pas sûr. 3. Qui est équivoque, ambigu, qui provoque le doute. 4. Qualifie un jour faible, le degré de lumière qui forme le passage du jour à la nuit ou de la nuit au jour.
noun: 1. Personnage dont on doute des choix, des comportements futurs.
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 douteux
- douteuse feminine
- douteuses feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce douteux?
- /du.tø/
- \du.tø\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to douteux
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is douteux in French?
douteux appears 6.2 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).