invalide
French, noun
invalide is spelled I-N-V-A-L-I-D-E (8 letters) and appears 1.8 times per million words in written French, the 22,196th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Invalide is a French feminine noun meaning “disabled person” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive of invalider. With an accent, invalidé is a different word: “invalidated”. The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Ancien soldat qui souffre d'invalidité”.
What does invalide mean in English?
adjective
- 1
disabled
- 2
invalid, null, void
noun
- 1
femininemasculinedisabled person
verb
- 1
first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
- 2
second-person singular imperative
adjective
- 1
invalidated
verb
- 1
past participle of invalider
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Qui est rendu par l’âge ou les blessures incapable de continuer le service militaire. 2. Qui est atteint dans sa santé, au point de ne plus pouvoir exercer une activité normale. 3. Qui n’a pas les conditions requises par les lois pour produire son effet.
noun: 1. Ancien soldat qui souffre d'invalidité. 2. Personne atteinte gravement dans sa santé, au point de ne plus pouvoir exercer une activité normale.
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 invalide
- invalides plural
- invalidée feminine
- invalidés masculine plural
- invalidées feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to invalide
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is invalide in French?
invalide appears 1.8 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).