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incel

French, noun/in.sɛl/

incel is spelled I-N-C-E-L (5 letters) and appears about once in every 27 million words in written French, the 166,446th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Incel is a French masculine noun meaning “incel” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Culture des communautés en ligne dont les membres se définissent comme étant incapables de trouver un(e)…”.

What does incel mean in English?

noun

  1. 1

    masculineincel

Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How French dictionaries define it

noun: 1. Culture des communautés en ligne dont les membres se définissent comme étant incapables de trouver un(e) partenaire amoureux(se) ou sexuel(le). 2. Homme célibataire malgré le désir d’être en couple qui éprouve de l’aigreur vis-à-vis des femmes en raison de son insuccès auprès d’elles, pouvant aller jusqu’à la justification et la perpétration de féminicides de masse par une petite partie d’entre-eux.

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 incel

  • incels plural
  • femcel feminine

Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

How do you pronounce incel?

  • /in.sɛl/
  • \in.sɛl\
  • \ɛ̃.sɛl\

Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.

English words that translate to incel

Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.

How common is incel in French?

incel appears about once in every 27 million words in written French.

Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).

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