incendie
French, noun
incendie is spelled I-N-C-E-N-D-I-E (8 letters) and appears 28 times per million words in written French, the 2,820th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Incendie is a French masculine noun meaning “fire (something on fire which is out of control)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive of incendier. With an accent, incendié is a different word: “past participle of incendier”. The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Réaction de combustion, feu non maîtrisé dans le temps et l’espace conduisant à l’embrasement d’un édifice…”.
What does incendie mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinefire (something on fire which is out of control)
verb
- 1
first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
- 2
second-person singular imperative
verb
- 1
past participle of incendier
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Réaction de combustion, feu non maîtrisé dans le temps et l’espace conduisant à l’embrasement d’un édifice, d’une maison, d’une forêt, etc. 2. Lumière rougeoyante qui illumine un vaste espace. 3. Vague de protestation. 4. Ravage qui va se dispersant
adjective: 1. Qui a été, qui vient d’être brûlé. 2. Se dit d’un bâtiment représenté avec des flammes comme s’il brûlait. 3. Qui a souffert le feu de la passion.
noun: 1. Quelqu’un dont l’habitation a été brûlée.
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 incendie
- incendies plural
- incendiée feminine
- incendiés masculine plural
- incendiées feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to incendie
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is incendie in French?
incendie appears 28 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).