intox
French, noun/ɛ̃.tɔks/
intox is spelled I-N-T-O-X (5 letters) and appears 1.4 times per million words in written French, the 25,592nd most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Intox is a French feminine noun meaning “hoax (anything deliberately intended to deceive or trick)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Matraquage idéologique qui cherche à prendre possession des esprits”.
What does intox mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineinformalhoax (anything deliberately intended to deceive or trick)
info ou intox ?
- 2
feminineinformaldisinformation
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Matraquage idéologique qui cherche à prendre possession des esprits. 2. Fausse information délivrée en connaissance de cause.
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 intox
- intoxe
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce intox?
- /ɛ̃.tɔks/
- \ɛ̃.tɔks\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to intox
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is intox in French?
intox appears 1.4 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).