indigence
French, noun/ɛ̃.di.ʒɑ̃s/
indigence is spelled I-N-D-I-G-E-N-C-E (9 letters) and appears about once in every 2 million words in written French, the 48,990th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Indigence is a French feminine noun meaning “indigence” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Grande pauvreté ; privation du nécessaire”.
What does indigence mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineindigence
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Grande pauvreté ; privation du nécessaire. 2. État de pauvreté qui appelle les secours publics ou privés. 3. Ensemble des indigents.
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 indigence
- indigences plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce indigence?
- /ɛ̃.di.ʒɑ̃s/
- \ɛ̃.di.ʒɑ̃s\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to indigence
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is indigence in French?
indigence appears about once in every 2 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).