inactuel
French, adjective/i.nak.tɥɛl/
inactuel is spelled I-N-A-C-T-U-E-L (8 letters) and appears about once in every 50 million words in written French, the 223,977th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Inactuel is a French adjective meaning “not current, not modern or up-to-date” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Qui n’est plus d’actualité, qui n'est pas dans l'air du temps”.
What does inactuel mean in English?
adjective
- 1
not current, not modern or up-to-date
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Qui n’est plus d’actualité, qui n'est pas dans l'air du temps.
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 inactuel
- inactuelle feminine
- inactuels masculine plural
- inactuelles feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce inactuel?
- /i.nak.tɥɛl/
- \i.nak.tɥɛl\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is inactuel in French?
inactuel appears about once in every 50 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).