indignité
French, noun\ɛ̃.di.ɲi.te\
indignité is spelled I-N-D-I-G-N-I-T-É (9 letters) and appears about once in every 1 million words in written French, the 34,445th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Indignité is a French feminine noun meaning “unworthiness” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Ce qui rend quelqu’un indigne d’une grâce, d’un emploi, d’un héritage, etc”.
What does indignité mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineunworthiness
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Ce qui rend quelqu’un indigne d’une grâce, d’un emploi, d’un héritage, etc. 2. Ce qui rend une action odieuse, condamnable, ou cette action elle-même. 3. Il se dit particulièrement pour outrage, affront. 4. État de déchéance dans lequel l’on se trouve.
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 indignité
- indignités plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce indignité?
- \ɛ̃.di.ɲi.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 indignité
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is indignité in French?
indignité appears about once in every 1 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).