hideux
French, adjective/i.dø/
hideux is spelled H-I-D-E-U-X (6 letters) and appears 1.1 times per million words in written French, the 29,273rd most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Hideux is a French adjective meaning “grotesque; vile; hideous” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Qui est difforme à l’excès, affreux et repoussant”.
What does hideux mean in English?
adjective
- 1
grotesque; vile; hideous
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Qui est difforme à l’excès, affreux et repoussant.
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 hideux
- hideuse feminine
- hideuses feminine plural
- ^((h aspiré))\i.dø\ singular plural masculine
- ^((h aspiré))\i.døz\ singular feminine
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce hideux?
- /i.dø/
- ^((h aspiré))\i.dø\
- \i.dø\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to hideux
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is hideux in French?
hideux appears 1.1 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).