intéressé
French, noun
intéressé is spelled I-N-T-É-R-E-S-S-É (9 letters) and appears 43 times per million words in written French, the 1,953rd most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Intéressé is a French masculine noun meaning “person who is keen or interested” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a past participle of intéresser. With an accent, intéresse is a different word: “first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive”. The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Personne qui défend ses intérêts”.
What does intéressé mean in English?
adjective
- 1
interested
noun
- 1
masculineperson who is keen or interested
- 2
masculinethe interested party, the person concerned
C'est bien beau toutes ces idées, mais peut-être pourrait-on demander son avis au principal intéressé ?
verb
- 1
past participle of intéresser
verb
- 1
first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
- 2
second-person singular imperative
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Qui porte de l’intérêt, de l’attention. 2. Relatif à des intérêts, des enjeux, d’où partial. 3. Égoïste, avide. 4. Qualifie un salarié qui touche une prime d’intéressement.
noun: 1. Personne qui défend ses intérêts. 2. Personne dont il est question.
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 intéressé
- intéressée feminine
- intéressés masculine plural
- intéressées feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to intéressé
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is intéressé in French?
intéressé appears 43 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).