exténué
French, verb
exténué is spelled E-X-T-É-N-U-É (7 letters) and appears about once in every 2 million words in written French, the 50,716th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Exténué is a French verb meaning “past participle of exténuer” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With an accent, exténue is a different word: “first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive”.
What does exténué mean in English?
verb
- 1
past participle of exténuer
verb
- 1
first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
- 2
second-person singular imperative
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Fatigué, épuisé. 2. Délabré ; en piteux état.
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 exténué
- exténuée feminine
- exténués masculine plural
- exténuées feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How common is exténué in French?
exténué appears about once in every 2 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).