initié
French, verb
initié is spelled I-N-I-T-I-É (6 letters) and appears 5.9 times per million words in written French, the 9,981st most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Initié is a French verb meaning “past participle of initier” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). Without its accent, initie is a different word: “first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive”.
What does initié mean in English?
verb
- 1
past participle of initier
verb
- 1
first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
- 2
second-person singular imperative
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Celui ou celle qui a reçu l’initiation à certains mystères. 2. Celui ou celle qui a reçu un début de formation à une technique, à un art, à une science. 3. Celui qui connait un secret ou qui détient des informations réservée à une petite minorité.
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 initié
- initiée feminine
- initiés masculine plural
- initiées feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to initié
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is initié in French?
initié appears 5.9 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).