innocent
French, noun/i.nɔ.sɑ̃/
innocent is spelled I-N-N-O-C-E-N-T (8 letters) and appears 11 times per million words in written French, the 6,071st most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Innocent is a French masculine noun meaning “an innocent person” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Personne qui n’est pas coupable, qui n’a pas fait ce dont elle est accusée”.
What does innocent mean in English?
adjective
- 1
innocent
noun
- 1
masculinean innocent person
- 2
masculinea naive person
- 3
Quebecmasculinea stupid or foolish person
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Qui n’est pas coupable. 2. Qui est exempt de toute malice, de tout vice, qui est pur et candide. 3. Qui ignore le mal. 4. Qui ne nuit point, qui est inoffensif.
noun: 1. Personne qui n’est pas coupable, qui n’a pas fait ce dont elle est accusée. 2. Personne qui n’a rien fait de mal. 3. Personne qui ignore le mal, en particulier les jeunes enfants ou les handicapés mentaux. 4. Personne naïve.
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 innocent
- innocente feminine
- innocents masculine plural
- innocentes feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce innocent?
- /i.nɔ.sɑ̃/
- \i.nɔ.sɑ̃\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to innocent
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is innocent in French?
innocent appears 11 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).