infirmité
French, noun/ɛ̃.fiʁ.mi.te/
infirmité is spelled I-N-F-I-R-M-I-T-É (9 letters) and appears about once in every 2 million words in written French, the 40,183rd most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Infirmité is a French feminine noun meaning “disability, impairment” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Affection congénitale ou accidentelle qui gêne ou empêche le fonctionnement de telle ou telle partie de…”.
What does infirmité mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininedisability, impairment
- 2
feminineinfirmity
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Affection congénitale ou accidentelle qui gêne ou empêche le fonctionnement de telle ou telle partie de l’organisme. 2. D’une manière plus générale, tant au propre qu’au figuré, imperfection naturelle, défaut de force, faiblesse, fragilité pour le bien, défaut, imperfection.
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 infirmité
- infirmités plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce infirmité?
- /ɛ̃.fiʁ.mi.te/
- \ɛ̃.fiʁ.mi.te\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to infirmité
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is infirmité in French?
infirmité appears about once in every 2 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).