exempt
French, noun/ɛɡ.zɑ̃/
exempt is spelled E-X-E-M-P-T (6 letters) and appears 1.4 times per million words in written French, the 25,592nd most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Exempt is a French masculine noun meaning “exempt, (type of) policeman” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Officier qui commandait en l'absence du capitaine”.
What does exempt mean in English?
adjective
- 1
exempt
un système exempt de défectuosités
noun
- 1
masculineexempt, (type of) policeman
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Qui par droit, par privilège, par nature, n’est pas sujet à quelque chose ; qui n’est pas assujetti à quelque chose. 2. Qui est garanti de ; qui est préservé de ; qui est dépourvu de.
noun: 1. Officier qui commandait en l'absence du capitaine. 2. Officier de police. 3. Officier subalterne dans les services du guet, chargé des arrestations. 4. Ecclésiastique qui n’était pas soumis à la juridiction de l'Ordinaire.
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 exempt
- exempte feminine
- exempts masculine plural
- exemptes feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce exempt?
- /ɛɡ.zɑ̃/
- /ɛɡ.zɑ̃pt/
- \ɛɡ.zɑ̃\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to exempt
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is exempt in French?
exempt appears 1.4 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).