imprudent
French, adjective/ɛ̃.pʁy.dɑ̃/
imprudent is spelled I-M-P-R-U-D-E-N-T (9 letters) and appears 1.2 times per million words in written French, the 28,091st most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Imprudent is a French adjective meaning “imprudent, incautious, reckless, unwise” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Qui manque de prudence”.
What does imprudent mean in English?
adjective
- 1
imprudent, incautious, reckless, unwise
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Qui manque de prudence. 2. Qui dénote un manque de prudence.
noun: 1. Celui qui fait montre d'imprudence.
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 imprudent
- imprudente feminine
- imprudents masculine plural
- imprudentes feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce imprudent?
- /ɛ̃.pʁy.dɑ̃/
- \ɛ̃.pʁy.dɑ̃\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to imprudent
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is imprudent in French?
imprudent appears 1.2 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).