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ennemi

French, noun/ɛn.mi/

ennemi is spelled E-N-N-E-M-I (6 letters) and appears 37 times per million words in written French, the 2,223rd most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Ennemi is a French masculine noun meaning “enemy” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Concept antagoniste, en conflit avec un autre”.

What does ennemi mean in English?

adjective

  1. 1

    enemy

    feu ennemi

noun

  1. 1

    masculineenemy

    ennemi juré

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

How French dictionaries define it

noun: 1. Concept antagoniste, en conflit avec un autre. 2. Celui, celle qui veut du mal à quelqu’un. 3. Le diable ; le démon. Souvent capitalisé en Ennemi. 4. Nation armée avec laquelle une autre nation est en guerre.

adjective: 1. S’emploie aussi comme adjectif dans plusieurs des sens indiqués. 2. Couleurs ennemies : Couleurs qui, par leur opposition, produisent un effet discordant.

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 ennemi

  • ennemie feminine
  • ennemis masculine plural
  • ennemies feminine plural

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

How do you pronounce ennemi?

  • /ɛn.mi/
  • /ɛ.nə.mi/
  • /e.nə.mi/

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

English words that translate to ennemi

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

How common is ennemi in French?

ennemi appears 37 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).

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