inquiet
French, adjective/ɛ̃.kjɛ/
inquiet is spelled I-N-Q-U-I-E-T (7 letters) and appears 7.9 times per million words in written French, the 7,951st most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Inquiet is a French adjective meaning “worried” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “En parlant d'une émotion ou d'une activité, qui prive du repos moral ou psychologique”.
What does inquiet mean in English?
adjective
- 1
worried
- 2
anxious
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. En parlant d'une émotion ou d'une activité, qui prive du repos moral ou psychologique. 2. En parlant d'une personne, qui ne connaît pas le repos moral ou psychologique. 3. Qui craint un événement malheureux. 4. Qui n’est jamais content de la situation, de l’état où il se trouve, et qui désire toujours quelque changement.
noun: 1. Personne inquiète.
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 inquiet
- inquiète feminine
- inquiets masculine plural
- inquiètes feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce inquiet?
- /ɛ̃.kjɛ/
- \ɛ̃.kjɛ\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to inquiet
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is inquiet in French?
inquiet appears 7.9 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).