indemnité
French, noun/ɛ̃.dɛm.ni.te/
indemnité is spelled I-N-D-E-M-N-I-T-É (9 letters) and appears 7.1 times per million words in written French, the 8,672nd most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Indemnité is a French feminine noun meaning “indemnity” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Ce qu’on alloue à quelqu’un en vue de l’indemniser”.
What does indemnité mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineindemnity
- 2
femininecompensation
indemnité de licenciement
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Ce qu’on alloue à quelqu’un en vue de l’indemniser. 2. Sommes allouées à certains fonctionnaires et qui ne sont pas soumises à la retenue pour la retraite. 3. Acte par lequel on promet d’indemniser.
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 indemnité
- indemnités plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce indemnité?
- /ɛ̃.dɛm.ni.te/
- /ɛ̃.da(m).ni.te/
- \ɛ̃.dɛm.ni.te\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to indemnité
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is indemnité in French?
indemnité appears 7.1 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).