minable
French, adjective/mi.nabl/
minable is spelled M-I-N-A-B-L-E (7 letters) and appears 4.3 times per million words in written French, the 12,541st most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Minable is a French adjective meaning “lousy, stinky, rubbish” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Qui semble être miné, usé par la misère, par le chagrin”.
What does minable mean in English?
adjective
- 1
lousy, stinky, rubbish
- 2
miserable, pathetic
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Qui semble être miné, usé par la misère, par le chagrin. 2. Qui ne paie pas de mine, misérable. 3. Faible, petit, pitoyable, ou encore faux, hypocrite.
noun: 1. Individu sans importance, sans intelligence ou force physique. 2. Personne cherchant à causer du tort, à faire des misères aux autres, usant de mesquinerie.
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 minable
- minables plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce minable?
- /mi.nabl/
- \mi.nabl\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to minable
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is minable in French?
minable appears 4.3 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).