ignare
French, adjective/i.ɲaʁ/
ignare is spelled I-G-N-A-R-E (6 letters) and appears about once in every 2 million words in written French, the 47,811th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Ignare is a French adjective meaning “ignorant” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Qui est d’une ignorance excessive”.
What does ignare mean in English?
adjective
- 1
ignorant
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’une ignorance excessive.
noun: 1. Personnage d’une ignorance excessive.
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 ignare
- ignares plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce ignare?
- /i.ɲaʁ/
- \i.ɲaʁ\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to ignare
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is ignare in French?
ignare appears about once in every 2 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).