honteux
French, adjective/ɔ̃.tø/
honteux is spelled H-O-N-T-E-U-X (7 letters) and appears 7.2 times per million words in written French, the 8,517th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Honteux is a French adjective meaning “ashamed (feeling shame)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Qui éprouve de la honte”.
What does honteux mean in English?
adjective
- 1
ashamed (feeling shame)
- 2
shameful, disgraceful (causing or meriting shame or disgrace)
C'est honteux qu'elle n'ait pas été reconnue pour son travail.
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Qui éprouve de la honte. 2. Employé avec le verbe « être » dans le sens « avoir honte ». 3. Qui cause de la honte. 4. Qui est en lien avec les organes sexuels.
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 honteux
- honteuse feminine
- honteuses feminine plural
- ^((h aspiré))\ɔ̃.tø\ singular plural masculine
- ^((h aspiré))\ɔ̃.tøz\ singular feminine
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce honteux?
- /ɔ̃.tø/
- ^((h aspiré))\ɔ̃.tø\
- \ɔ̃.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 honteux
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is honteux in French?
honteux appears 7.2 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).