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intrépide

French, adjective/ɛ̃.tʁe.pid/

intrépide is a French adjective meaning “intrepid, fearless” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Qui ne craint pas le péril et l’affronte volontiers”.

What does intrépide mean in English?

adjective

  1. 1

    intrepid, fearless

Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How French dictionaries define it

adjective: 1. Qui ne craint pas le péril et l’affronte volontiers. 2. Qui s’obstine à quelque chose, qui n’est pas rebuté par les désagréments, par les obstacles.

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 intrépide

  • intrépides plural

Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

How do you pronounce intrépide?

  • /ɛ̃.tʁe.pid/
  • \ɛ̃.tʁe.pid\

Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.

English words that translate to intrépide

Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.

How common is intrépide in French?

intrépide appears 1.5 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).