incompétent
French, adjective/ɛ̃.kɔ̃.pe.tɑ̃/
incompétent is spelled I-N-C-O-M-P-É-T-E-N-T (11 letters) and appears 2.0 times per million words in written French, the 20,671st most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Incompétent is a French adjective meaning “incompetent” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Qui n’est pas compétent”.
What does incompétent mean in English?
adjective
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incompetent
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 pas compétent. 2. Qui n’a pas les connaissances requises pour juger de quelque chose, pour en parler. 3. Se dit d’un minéral, d’une roche qui ne se brise pas, mais se déforme sous l’effet des contraintes tectoniques. → voir incompétence
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 incompétent
- incompétente feminine
- incompétents masculine plural
- incompétentes feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce incompétent?
- /ɛ̃.kɔ̃.pe.tɑ̃/
- \ɛ̃.kɔ̃.pe.tɑ̃\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to incompétent
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is incompétent in French?
incompétent appears 2.0 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).