hostile
French, adjective/ɔs.til/
hostile is spelled H-O-S-T-I-L-E (7 letters) and appears 8.3 times per million words in written French, the 7,671st most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Hostile is a French adjective meaning “hostile” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Qui est d’un ennemi, qui annonce, qui caractérise un ennemi”.
What does hostile mean in English?
adjective
- 1
hostile
- 2
unfriendly
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Qui est d’un ennemi, qui annonce, qui caractérise un ennemi. 2. Qui est fermement opposé à quelque chose ou à quelqu’un. 3. Qualifie une OPA qui n’a pas l’assentiment de, voire est jugée indésirable par, la société visée par ladite OPA.
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 hostile
- hostiles plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce hostile?
- /ɔs.til/
- \ɔs.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 hostile
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is hostile in French?
hostile appears 8.3 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).