infirme
French, noun
infirme is spelled I-N-F-I-R-M-E (7 letters) and appears 1.4 times per million words in written French, the 25,925th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Infirme is a French feminine noun meaning “a disabled person, invalid” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive of infirmer. With an accent, infirmé is a different word: “past participle of infirmer”. The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Personne qui est affectée d’une infirmité ou d’infirmités”.
What does infirme mean in English?
adjective
- 1
disabled, handicapped
noun
- 1
femininemasculinea disabled person, invalid
verb
- 1
first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
- 2
second-person singular imperative
verb
- 1
past participle of infirmer
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Qui est affecté d’une infirmité ou d’infirmités. 2. Qui manque de force, qui est imparfait naturellement.
noun: 1. Personne qui est affectée d’une infirmité ou d’infirmités.
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 infirme
- infirmes plural
- infirmée feminine
- infirmés masculine plural
- infirmées feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to infirme
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is infirme in French?
infirme appears 1.4 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).