inquiétude
French, noun/ɛ̃.kje.tyd/
inquiétude is spelled I-N-Q-U-I-É-T-U-D-E (10 letters) and appears 12 times per million words in written French, the 5,851st most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Inquiétude is a French feminine noun meaning “worry, concern, trepidation” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “État d’une personne inquiète ou qui n’a pas le repos moral”.
What does inquiétude mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineworry, concern, trepidation
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. État d’une personne inquiète ou qui n’a pas le repos moral. 2. État de tourment. 3. Inconstance d’humeur, amour du changement qui fait que l’on est toujours mécontent de l’état où l’on se trouve. 4. Manque de tranquillité, de repos physique.
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 inquiétude
- inquiétudes plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce inquiétude?
- /ɛ̃.kje.tyd/
- \ɛ̃.kje.tyd\
- [ɛ̃.kje.tyd]
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to inquiétude
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is inquiétude in French?
inquiétude appears 12 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).