idiotie
French, noun/i.djɔ.si/
idiotie is spelled I-D-I-O-T-I-E (7 letters) and appears about once in every 1 million words in written French, the 36,757th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Idiotie is a French feminine noun meaning “idiocy (state of being an idiot)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Arriération mentale profonde, congénitale, (oligophrénie) caractérisée entre autre par un QI inférieur à 20”.
What does idiotie mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineidiocy (state of being an idiot)
- 2
femininenonsense
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Arriération mentale profonde, congénitale, (oligophrénie) caractérisée entre autre par un QI inférieur à 20. 2. Actes ou paroles qui dénotent un esprit borné.
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 idiotie
- idioties plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce idiotie?
- /i.djɔ.si/
- \i.djɔ.si\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to idiotie
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is idiotie in French?
idiotie appears about once in every 1 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).