incognito
French, noun/ɛ̃.kɔ.ɲi.to/
incognito is spelled I-N-C-O-G-N-I-T-O (9 letters) and appears 1.4 times per million words in written French, the 25,592nd most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Incognito is a French masculine noun meaning “incognito” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Le fait de vivre incognito”.
What does incognito mean in English?
adverb
- 1
incognito
adjective
- 1
incognito
noun
- 1
masculineincognito
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Anonyme.
adverb: 1. Sans être connu. Il se dit en parlant des personnes, qui, en pays étranger, ne voulant pas être connues, ou traitées selon leur dignité, n’ont pas leur train ordinaire ou leurs autres marques distinctives, et qui le plus souvent prennent un autre nom, un autre titre que le leur.
noun: 1. Le fait de vivre incognito.
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 incognito
- incognitos plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce incognito?
- /ɛ̃.kɔ.ɲi.to/
- \ɛ̃.kɔ.ɲi.to\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to incognito
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is incognito in French?
incognito appears 1.4 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).