infamie
French, noun
infamie is spelled I-N-F-A-M-I-E (7 letters) and appears about once in every 1 million words in written French, the 34,908th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Infamie is a French feminine noun meaning “infamy” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With an accent, infâmie is a different word: “alternative form of infamie”. The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Flétrissure imprimée à l’honneur, à la réputation, soit par la loi, soit par l’opinion publique”.
What does infamie mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineinfamy
noun
- 1
femininealternative form of infamie
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Flétrissure imprimée à l’honneur, à la réputation, soit par la loi, soit par l’opinion publique. 2. Caractère déshonorant, honteux, vil, d’une chose, d’un acte. 3. Action déshonorante ou honteuse. 4. Parole injurieuse à l’honneur, à la réputation.
noun: 1. Variante de infamie. Il s’agit d’un terme utilisé qui n’est pas d’un usage standard.
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 infamie
- infamies plural
- infâmie alternative
- infâmies plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to infamie
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is infamie in French?
infamie 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).