ingrate
French, adjective/ɛ̃.ɡʁat/
ingrate is spelled I-N-G-R-A-T-E (7 letters) and appears about once in every 1 million words in written French, the 34,022nd most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Ingrate is a French feminine adjective meaning “feminine singular of ingrat” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
What does ingrate mean in English?
adjective
- 1
femininefeminine singular of ingrat
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Femme qui fait preuve d’ingratitude.
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 ingrate
- ingrates plural
- ingrat masculine
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce ingrate?
- /ɛ̃.ɡʁat/
- \ɛ̃.ɡʁat\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is ingrate in French?
ingrate 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).