flétri
French, adjective/fle.tʁi/
flétri is spelled F-L-É-T-R-I (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). Flétri is a French adjective meaning “withered, wizened” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a past participle of flétrir. The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Qui a séché, qui a perdu sa fraîcheur, en parlant des pétales d’une fleur ou d’un autre végétal”.
What does flétri mean in English?
adjective
- 1
withered, wizened
verb
- 1
past participle of flétrir
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Qui a séché, qui a perdu sa fraîcheur, en parlant des pétales d’une fleur ou d’un autre végétal. 2. Qui porte les signes de dégradation de l’âge, en parlant de la peau d’une personne. 3. Qui a subi un outrage, un déshonneur, une atteinte à sa dignité et en ressent encore les conséquences.
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 flétri
- flétrie feminine
- flétris masculine plural
- flétries feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce flétri?
- /fle.tʁi/
- \fle.tʁi\
- [fle.tʁi]
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to flétri
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is flétri in French?
flétri 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).