futilité
French, noun/fy.ti.li.te/
futilité is spelled F-U-T-I-L-I-T-É (8 letters) and appears about once in every 2 million words in written French, the 47,811th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Futilité is a French feminine noun meaning “futility” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Caractère d’une chose ou d’une personne futile”.
What does futilité mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininefutility
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Caractère d’une chose ou d’une personne futile. 2. Chose futile.
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 futilité
- futilités plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce futilité?
- /fy.ti.li.te/
- \fy.ti.li.te\
- [fy.ti.li.te]
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to futilité
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is futilité in French?
futilité 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).