inconvenant
French, adjective/ɛ̃.kɔ̃v.nɑ̃/
inconvenant is spelled I-N-C-O-N-V-E-N-A-N-T (11 letters) and appears about once in every 3 million words in written French, the 59,168th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Inconvenant is a French adjective meaning “improper, unseemly, indecent” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Qui blesse les convenances”.
What does inconvenant mean in English?
adjective
- 1
improper, unseemly, indecent
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Qui blesse les convenances.
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 inconvenant
- inconvenante feminine
- inconvenants masculine plural
- inconvenantes feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce inconvenant?
- /ɛ̃.kɔ̃v.nɑ̃/
- \ɛ̃.kɔ̃v.nɑ̃\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to inconvenant
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is inconvenant in French?
inconvenant 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).