intimité
French, noun/ɛ̃.ti.mi.te/
intimité is spelled I-N-T-I-M-I-T-É (8 letters) and appears 8.7 times per million words in written French, the 7,421st most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Intimité is a French feminine noun meaning “intimacy; closeness” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Qualité de ce qui est intime, a vocation à rester privé et protégé des atteintes extérieures”.
What does intimité mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineintimacy; closeness
- 2
feminineprivacy
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Qualité de ce qui est intime, a vocation à rester privé et protégé des atteintes extérieures. 2. Caractère de confiance réciproque des relations sociales. 3. (En particulier) Partie généralement cachée de l’anatomie d’un individu, notamment les parties génitales.
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 intimité
- intimités plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce intimité?
- /ɛ̃.ti.mi.te/
- \ɛ̃.ti.mi.te\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to intimité
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is intimité in French?
intimité appears 8.7 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).