finaud
French, adjective\fi.no\
finaud is spelled F-I-N-A-U-D (6 letters) and appears about once in every 10 million words in written French, the 103,520th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Finaud is a French adjective meaning “wily, sly” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Qui est fin, rusé et cache son jeu sous un air de simplicité”.
What does finaud mean in English?
adjective
- 1
wily, sly
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Qui est fin, rusé et cache son jeu sous un air de simplicité.
noun: 1. Personne qui fait preuve de finesse, de ruse et qui cache son jeu sous un air de simplicité.
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 finaud
- finaude feminine
- finauds masculine plural
- finaudes feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce finaud?
- \fi.no\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is finaud in French?
finaud appears about once in every 10 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).