inutile
French, adjective/i.ny.til/
inutile is spelled I-N-U-T-I-L-E (7 letters) and appears 37 times per million words in written French, the 2,223rd most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Inutile is a French adjective meaning “useless, unnecessary, pointless” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Qui n’est d’aucune utilité, d’aucun usage, en parlant des choses”.
What does inutile mean in English?
adjective
- 1
useless, unnecessary, pointless
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Qui n’est d’aucune utilité, d’aucun usage, en parlant des choses. 2. Qui ne rend aucun service, en parlant des personnes. 3. Dont on n’emploie pas les talents, les services.
noun: 1. Nature de ce qui n’a aucun usage, aucune utilité.
noun: 1. Personnage qui ne rend aucun service, dont l’activité n’apporte rien à quiconque.
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 inutile
- inutiles plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce inutile?
- /i.ny.til/
- \i.ny.til\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to inutile
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is inutile in French?
inutile appears 37 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).