inopiné
French, adjective/i.nɔ.pi.ne/
inopiné is spelled I-N-O-P-I-N-É (7 letters) and appears about once in every 4 million words in written French, the 63,613th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Inopiné is a French adjective meaning “accidental, unexpected” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Qui est imprévu, à quoi on ne s’attendait pas”.
What does inopiné mean in English?
adjective
- 1
accidental, unexpected
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Qui est imprévu, à quoi on ne s’attendait pas.
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 inopiné
- inopinée feminine
- inopinés masculine plural
- inopinées feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce inopiné?
- /i.nɔ.pi.ne/
- \i.nɔ.pi.ne\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to inopiné
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is inopiné in French?
inopiné appears about once in every 4 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).