indigent
French, noun/ɛ̃.di.ʒɑ̃/
indigent is spelled I-N-D-I-G-E-N-T (8 letters) and appears about once in every 4 million words in written French, the 65,791st most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Indigent is a French masculine noun meaning “poor person, indigent” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Personne dans l’indigence ; personne très pauvre”.
What does indigent mean in English?
adjective
- 1
poor, needy, destitute
- 2
vacuous
noun
- 1
masculinepoor person, indigent
les indigents
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Qui est dans l’indigence, qui est très pauvre.
noun: 1. Personne dans l’indigence ; personne très pauvre.
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 indigent
- indigente feminine
- indigents masculine plural
- indigentes feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce indigent?
- /ɛ̃.di.ʒɑ̃/
- \ɛ̃.di.ʒɑ̃\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to indigent
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is indigent in French?
indigent appears about once in every 4 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).