indifférence
French, noun/ɛ̃.di.fe.ʁɑ̃s/
indifférence is spelled I-N-D-I-F-F-É-R-E-N-C-E (12 letters) and appears 6.5 times per million words in written French, the 9,289th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Indifférence is a French feminine noun meaning “indifference, uncaringness” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “État d’une personne qui n’extériorise pas ses sentiments, ses états d’âme”.
What does indifférence mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineindifference, uncaringness
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. État d’une personne qui n’extériorise pas ses sentiments, ses états d’âme. 2. État d’une personne qui n’a aucun intérêt pour ce qui l’entoure. 3. État d’une personne qui n’est pas sensible à l’amour. 4. Manque total d'intérêt pour une chose.
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 indifférence
- indifférences plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce indifférence?
- /ɛ̃.di.fe.ʁɑ̃s/
- \ɛ̃.di.fe.ʁɑ̃s\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to indifférence
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is indifférence in French?
indifférence appears 6.5 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).