inconvénient
French, noun/ɛ̃.kɔ̃.ve.njɑ̃/
inconvénient is spelled I-N-C-O-N-V-É-N-I-E-N-T (12 letters) and appears 4.6 times per million words in written French, the 11,928th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Inconvénient is a French masculine noun meaning “inconvenience” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Ce qui survient de fâcheux dans une affaire, ce qui résulte de fâcheux d’un parti qu’on prend”.
What does inconvénient mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineinconvenience
Near-synonym: désagrément
- 2
masculinedrawback, disadvantage
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Ce qui survient de fâcheux dans une affaire, ce qui résulte de fâcheux d’un parti qu’on prend. 2. Désavantages attachés à une chose, des résultats fâcheux qu’elle doit nécessairement produire.
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 inconvénient
- inconvénients plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce inconvénient?
- /ɛ̃.kɔ̃.ve.njɑ̃/
- \ɛ̃.kɔ̃.ve.njɑ̃\
- [ɛ̃.kɔ̃.ve.njɑ̃]
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to inconvénient
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is inconvénient in French?
inconvénient appears 4.6 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).