idiot
French, noun/i.djo/
idiot is spelled I-D-I-O-T (5 letters) and appears 13 times per million words in written French, the 5,439th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Idiot is a French masculine noun meaning “idiot” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Personne considérée comme étant sans idées, sans connaissances, sans intelligence”.
What does idiot mean in English?
adjective
- 1
idiotic; stupid
noun
- 1
masculineidiot
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Ignare, ignorant. 2. Sans réflexion, stupide, imbécile, sot. 3. Sans application superflue.
noun: 1. Personne considérée comme étant sans idées, sans connaissances, sans intelligence. 2. Qui est atteint d’idiotie.
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 idiot
- idiote feminine
- idiots masculine plural
- idiotes feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce idiot?
- /i.djo/
- \i.djo\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to idiot
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is idiot in French?
idiot appears 13 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).