indigo
French, noun/ɛ̃.di.ɡo/
indigo is spelled I-N-D-I-G-O (6 letters) and appears 1.6 times per million words in written French, the 23,795th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Indigo is a French masculine noun meaning “indigo (color)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Substance colorante bleue que l’on extrait de l’indigotier ou que l’on fabrique par synthèse industrielle”.
What does indigo mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineindigo (color)
adjective
- 1
indigo (being of that color)
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Substance colorante bleue que l’on extrait de l’indigotier ou que l’on fabrique par synthèse industrielle. 2. Indigotier, plante qui fournit l’indigo. 3. Couleur bleu foncé violacé. #791CF8
adjective: 1. De couleur bleu foncé violacé. #791CF8 Voir la note sur les accords grammaticaux des noms de couleurs employés comme noms ou adjectifs.
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 indigo
- indigos plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce indigo?
- /ɛ̃.di.ɡo/
- \ɛ̃.di.ɡo\
- [ɛ̃.di.ɡo]
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to indigo
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is indigo in French?
indigo appears 1.6 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).