gâteux
French, adjective/ɡa.tø/
gâteux is spelled G-Â-T-E-U-X (6 letters) and appears about once in every 5 million words in written French, the 70,496th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Gâteux is a French adjective meaning “senile, gaga” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Qui retombe en enfance, devient sénile, radote”.
What does gâteux mean in English?
adjective
- 1
senile, gaga
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Qui retombe en enfance, devient sénile, radote. 2. Qui est aveuglé par des sentiments d’adoration. 3. Qui souffre d’incontinence urinaire ou fécale.
noun: 1. Personne atteinte de gâtisme. 2. Personne que l’on juge stupide. 3. Qui souffre d’incontinence urinaire ou fécale.
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 gâteux
- gâteuse feminine
- gâteuses feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce gâteux?
- /ɡa.tø/
- /ɡɑ.tø/
- \ɡɑ.tø\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to gâteux
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is gâteux in French?
gâteux appears about once in every 5 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).