imminent
French, adjective/i.mi.nɑ̃/
imminent is spelled I-M-M-I-N-E-N-T (8 letters) and appears 2.3 times per million words in written French, the 18,679th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Imminent is a French adjective meaning “imminent” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Qui menace de survenir, en parlant d’un danger, d’un événement redouté”.
What does imminent mean in English?
adjective
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imminent
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Qui menace de survenir, en parlant d’un danger, d’un événement redouté. 2. Qui est sur le point d’avoir lieu. 3. Qui menace de devenir, ou qui sera prochainement.
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 imminent
- imminente feminine
- imminents masculine plural
- imminentes feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce imminent?
- /i.mi.nɑ̃/
- \i.mi.nɑ̃\
- \i.min\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to imminent
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is imminent in French?
imminent appears 2.3 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).