indirect
French, adjective/ɛ̃.di.ʁɛkt/
indirect is spelled I-N-D-I-R-E-C-T (8 letters) and appears 3.6 times per million words in written French, the 13,986th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Indirect is a French adjective meaning “indirect” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Qui ne conduit pas au but directement, qui est détourné”.
What does indirect mean in English?
adjective
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indirect
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Qui ne conduit pas au but directement, qui est détourné. 2. Qui se rattache indirectement, c’est-à-dire par une préposition exprimée ou sous-entendue, au mot dont il complète le sens. 3. Fait contre la loi, au moyen d’une personne interposée ou de quelque acte simulé.
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 indirect
- indirecte feminine
- indirects masculine plural
- indirectes feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce indirect?
- /ɛ̃.di.ʁɛkt/
- \ɛ̃.di.ʁɛkt\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to indirect
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is indirect in French?
indirect appears 3.6 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).