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livide

French, adjective/li.vid/

livide is a French adjective meaning “livid (in colour), bluish and extremely pale” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Qui est de couleur plombée, bleuâtre et extrêmement pâle”.

What does livide mean in English?

adjective

  1. 1

    livid (in colour), bluish and extremely pale

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

How French dictionaries define it

adjective: 1. Qui est de couleur plombée, bleuâtre et extrêmement pâle.

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 livide

  • livides plural

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

How do you pronounce livide?

  • /li.vid/
  • \li.vid\

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

English words that translate to livide

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

How common is livide in French?

livide appears about once in every 4 million words in written French.

Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).