incivilité
French, noun/ɛ̃.si.vi.li.te/
incivilité is spelled I-N-C-I-V-I-L-I-T-É (10 letters) and appears about once in every 3 million words in written French, the 55,146th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Incivilité is a French feminine noun meaning “incivility” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Manque de civilité, caractère incivil”.
What does incivilité mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineincivility
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Manque de civilité, caractère incivil. 2. Action ou parole contraire à la civilité.
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 incivilité
- incivilités plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce incivilité?
- /ɛ̃.si.vi.li.te/
- \ɛ̃.si.vi.li.te\
- [ɛ̃sivilite]
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to incivilité
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is incivilité in French?
incivilité appears about once in every 3 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).