inélégant
French, adjective/i.ne.le.ɡɑ̃/
inélégant is a French adjective meaning “inelegant (not elegant)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Qui manque d’élégance”.
What does inélégant mean in English?
adjective
- 1
inelegant (not elegant)
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Qui manque d’élégance.
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 inélégant
- inélégante feminine
- inélégants masculine plural
- inélégantes feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce inélégant?
- /i.ne.le.ɡɑ̃/
- \i.ne.le.ɡɑ̃\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to inélégant
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is inélégant in French?
inélégant appears about once in every 19 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).