frivole
French, adjective/fʁi.vɔl/
frivole is spelled F-R-I-V-O-L-E (7 letters) and appears about once in every 2 million words in written French, the 41,186th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Frivole is a French adjective meaning “vain; conceited” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Qui est vain, futile ; qui n’a nulle importance”.
What does frivole mean in English?
adjective
- 1
vain; conceited
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Qui est vain, futile ; qui n’a nulle importance. 2. Qui s’occupe de choses frivoles.
noun: 1. Ce qui est futile, vain, léger.
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 frivole
- frivoles plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce frivole?
- /fʁi.vɔl/
- \fʁi.vɔl\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to frivole
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is frivole in French?
frivole appears about once in every 2 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).