ennuyeux
French, adjective/ɑ̃.nɥi.jø/
ennuyeux is spelled E-N-N-U-Y-E-U-X (8 letters) and appears 3.6 times per million words in written French, the 13,986th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Ennuyeux is a French adjective meaning “dull, boring, tedious, tiresome, monotonous” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Qui cause de l’ennui, de la lassitude”.
What does ennuyeux mean in English?
adjective
- 1
dull, boring, tedious, tiresome, monotonous
- 2
annoying
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Qui cause de l’ennui, de la lassitude. 2. Qui cause du souci.
noun: 1. Celui ou ce qui est ennuyeux.
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 ennuyeux
- ennuyeuse feminine
- ennuyeuses feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce ennuyeux?
- /ɑ̃.nɥi.jø/
- \ɑ̃.nɥi.jø\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to ennuyeux
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is ennuyeux in French?
ennuyeux appears 3.6 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).