maussade
French, adjective/mo.sad/
maussade is spelled M-A-U-S-S-A-D-E (8 letters) and appears about once in every 1 million words in written French, the 34,445th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Maussade is a French adjective meaning “sullen (mood)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “D’humeur chagrine ; sombre ; ombrageux ; morose ; renfrogné”.
What does maussade mean in English?
adjective
- 1
sullen (mood)
- 2
dull, dreary (landscape, weather etc.)
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. D’humeur chagrine ; sombre ; ombrageux ; morose ; renfrogné. 2. Qui cause du mécontentement ou de l’ennui. 3. Qui désigne un temps, une météo pas très agréable, peu ensoleillé. 4. Qui est terne, triste et gris.
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 maussade
- maussades plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce maussade?
- /mo.sad/
- \mo.sad\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to maussade
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is maussade in French?
maussade appears about once in every 1 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).