futile
French, adjective/fy.til/
futile is spelled F-U-T-I-L-E (6 letters) and appears 1.4 times per million words in written French, the 25,237th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Futile is a French adjective meaning “futile” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Qui est frivole, qui est de peu de conséquence, de peu de considération”.
What does futile mean in English?
adjective
- 1
futile
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Vase conique, ne pouvant donc pas être posé en position verticale sans se vider, utilisé par les vestales pour transporter de l’eau.
adjective: 1. Qui est frivole, qui est de peu de conséquence, de peu de considération. 2. Qui s’attache à des choses de peu de conséquence.
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 futile
- futiles plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce futile?
- /fy.til/
- \fy.til\
- [fy.til]
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to futile
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is futile in French?
futile appears 1.4 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).