intense
French, adjective/ɛ̃.tɑ̃s/
intense is spelled I-N-T-E-N-S-E (7 letters) and appears 17 times per million words in written French, the 4,479th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Intense is a French adjective meaning “intense” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Qui dépasse la mesure ordinaire ; qui est grand, fort ou vif”.
What does intense mean in English?
adjective
- 1
intense
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Qui dépasse la mesure ordinaire ; qui est grand, fort ou vif.
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 intense
- intenses plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce intense?
- /ɛ̃.tɑ̃s/
- \ɛ̃.tɑ̃s\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to intense
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is intense in French?
intense appears 17 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).