factieux
French, noun/fak.sjø/
factieux is spelled F-A-C-T-I-E-U-X (8 letters) and appears about once in every 4 million words in written French, the 65,791st most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Factieux is a French masculine noun meaning “agitator, provocator” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Personne factieuse”.
What does factieux mean in English?
adjective
- 1
factious, agitating, provocative
noun
- 1
masculineagitator, provocator
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Qui cherche à provoquer des troubles politiques ou civils.
noun: 1. Personne factieuse.
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 factieux
- factieuse feminine
- factieuses feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce factieux?
- /fak.sjø/
- \fak.sjø\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to factieux
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is factieux in French?
factieux appears about once in every 4 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).