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élimé

French, adjective\e.li.me\

élimé is spelled É-L-I-M-É (5 letters) and appears about once in every 17 million words in written French, the 132,154th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Élimé is a French adjective meaning “worn, threadbare, shabby” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a past participle of élimer. The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Qualifie une étoffe ou un vêtement en tissu qui a été usé par frottement à force d'avoir été porté”.

What does élimé mean in English?

adjective

  1. 1

    worn, threadbare, shabby

verb

  1. 1

    past participle of élimer

Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How French dictionaries define it

adjective: 1. Qualifie une étoffe ou un vêtement en tissu qui a été usé par frottement à force d'avoir été porté.

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 élimé

  • élimée feminine
  • élimés masculine plural
  • élimées feminine plural

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

How do you pronounce élimé?

  • \e.li.me\

Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.

English words that translate to élimé

Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.

How common is élimé in French?

élimé appears about once in every 17 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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