infructueux
French, adjective/ɛ̃.fʁyk.tɥø/
infructueux is spelled I-N-F-R-U-C-T-U-E-U-X (11 letters) and appears about once in every 2 million words in written French, the 42,227th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Infructueux is a French adjective meaning “unfruitful, fruitless” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Qui ne rapporte pas de fruit, ou qui en rapporte fort peu”.
What does infructueux mean in English?
adjective
- 1
unfruitful, fruitless
- 2
unprofitable, unsuccessful
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Qui ne rapporte pas de fruit, ou qui en rapporte fort peu. 2. Qui n’apporte aucun profit ni aucune utilité ; qui ne donne aucun résultat.
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 infructueux
- infructueuse feminine
- infructueuses feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce infructueux?
- /ɛ̃.fʁyk.tɥø/
- \ɛ̃.fʁyk.tɥø\
- [ɛ̃.fʁyk.tɥø]
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to infructueux
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is infructueux in French?
infructueux 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).