évident
French, adjective/e.vi.dɑ̃/
évident is spelled É-V-I-D-E-N-T (7 letters) and appears 32 times per million words in written French, the 2,569th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Évident is a French adjective meaning “evident, obvious” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a third-person plural present indicative/subjunctive of évider. The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Dont le sens s’impose naturellement à l’esprit, qui a le caractère de l’évidence”.
What does évident mean in English?
adjective
- 1
evident, obvious
une évidente vérité historique
verb
- 1
third-person plural present indicative/subjunctive of évider
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Dont le sens s’impose naturellement à l’esprit, qui a le caractère de l’évidence.
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 évident
- évidente feminine
- évidents masculine plural
- évidentes feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce évident?
- /e.vi.dɑ̃/
- /e.vid/
- \e.vi.dɑ̃\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to évident
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is évident in French?
évident appears 32 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).