étant donné
\e.tɑ̃ dɔ.ne\
The verdict
“étant donné” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a preposition. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 11
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Compte tenu de, eu égard à.
Corpus desk
Index FR-etant-donne · étant donné · French
étant donné · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 11 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "É" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | étant donné |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Preposition |
| IPA | \e.tɑ̃ dɔ.ne\ |
| Letters | 11 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « étant donné » en français
Rare enough to double-check
étant donné is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as apreposition, transcribed \e.tɑ̃ dɔ.ne\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Compte tenu de, eu égard à.".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for étant donné, a sign its spelling follows regular French conventions. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is étant donné, spelled É-T-A-N-T- -D-O-N-N-É.
Definition
- 1Compte tenu de, eu égard à.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how étant donné appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
L'espace. Étant donné un mur, que se passe-t-il derrière ?
Ajoutons – et ce sera la meilleure des conclusions – que notre hôpital psychiatrique nous est envié dans toute la Caraïbe et que certains des gouvernements indépendants du voisinage ont entrepris des démarches auprès de nos services, ainsi qu'au ministère à Paris, en vue d'obtenir ici l'hospitalisation de grands psychotiques qu'ils ne peuvent faire soigne…
This word in other languages
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.