interdit
French, noun
interdit is spelled I-N-T-E-R-D-I-T (8 letters) and appears 44 times per million words in written French, the 1,907th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Interdit is a French masculine noun meaning “something which is prohibited” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a past participle of interdire. With an accent, interdît is a different word: “third-person singular imperfect subjunctive of interdire”. The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Quelque chose qui est interdit par la loi, la morale”.
What does interdit mean in English?
adjective
- 1
forbidden, prohibited, off-limits
- 2
stupefied, at a loss
noun
- 1
masculinesomething which is prohibited
- 2
masculinean interdict
verb
- 1
past participle of interdire
verb
- 1
third-person singular imperfect subjunctive of interdire
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Défendu par la loi, ou par la morale. 2. Fortement troublé, paralysé par la stupeur.
noun: 1. Quelque chose qui est interdit par la loi, la morale. 2. Ensemble de règles auxquelles sont soumises les ouailles. 3. Personne majeure dont l’exercice des droits est interdit et exercé par un tuteur ou une tutrice. 4. Peine canonique prononcée par une autorité ecclésiastique (le pape ou l’évêque)
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 interdit
- interdite feminine
- interdits masculine plural
- interdites feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to interdit
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is interdit in French?
interdit appears 44 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).