fastidieux
French, adjective/fas.ti.djø/
fastidieux is spelled F-A-S-T-I-D-I-E-U-X (10 letters) and appears about once in every 1 million words in written French, the 32,719th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Fastidieux is a French adjective meaning “tedious; tiresome; boring” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Qui cause de l’ennui, qui est insipide. Qui est difficile/pénible, qui nécessite des efforts peu agréables”.
What does fastidieux mean in English?
adjective
- 1
tedious; tiresome; boring
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Qui cause de l’ennui, qui est insipide. Qui est difficile/pénible, qui nécessite des efforts peu agréables.
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 fastidieux
- fastidieuse feminine
- fastidieuses feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce fastidieux?
- /fas.ti.djø/
- \fas.ti.djø\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to fastidieux
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is fastidieux in French?
fastidieux appears about once in every 1 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).