fatigue
French, noun
fatigue is spelled F-A-T-I-G-U-E (7 letters) and appears 17 times per million words in written French, the 4,323rd most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Fatigue is a French feminine noun meaning “tiredness” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With an accent, fatigué is a different word: “tired”. The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Sensation de faiblesse physique”.
What does fatigue mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininetiredness
Near-synonym: épuisement
- 2
femininefatigue, weariness
adjective
- 1
tired
verb
- 1
past participle of fatiguer
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Sensation de faiblesse physique. 2. Trop grande dépense de force qui cause de la lassitude. 3. Perte de résistance, présence d’un point de fragilité. 4. Mécanisme de dégradation d'un matériau sous l'effet de petites sollicitations répétées des milliers voire des millions de fois.
adjective: 1. Qui a besoin de repos. 2. Usé, usagé. 3. En mauvais état, en raison d’une longue existence ou d’un manque d’entretien. 4. Malade, en mauvaise santé.
adverb: 1. Assez, trop.
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 fatigue
- fatigues plural
- fatiguée feminine
- fatigués masculine plural
- fatiguées feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to fatigue
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is fatigue in French?
fatigue appears 17 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).