éloigné
French, adjective
éloigné is spelled É-L-O-I-G-N-É (7 letters) and appears 10 times per million words in written French, the 6,701st most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Éloigné is a French adjective meaning “remote, distant, far away” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a past participle of éloigner. With an accent, éloigne is a different word: “first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive”. The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “ou Qui est loin”.
What does éloigné mean in English?
adjective
- 1
remote, distant, far away
verb
- 1
past participle of éloigner
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. ou Qui est loin. 2. N’avoir pas l’intention ou le pouvoir.
noun: 1. Temps utilisé dans certains créoles pour marquer l'éloignement du présent (passé).
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 éloigné
- éloignée feminine
- éloignés masculine plural
- éloignées feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to éloigné
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is éloigné in French?
éloigné appears 10 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).