misérable
French, noun/mi.ze.ʁabl/
misérable is spelled M-I-S-É-R-A-B-L-E (9 letters) and appears 5.0 times per million words in written French, the 11,195th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Misérable is a French feminine noun meaning “wretch, scoundrel” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Celui, celle qui vit dans la misère”.
What does misérable mean in English?
adjective
- 1
destitute, impoverished
- 2
seedy, shabby
- 3
wretched, pitiful
- 4
feeble, paltry, measly
noun
- 1
femininemasculinewretch, scoundrel
noun
- 1
masculinea Belgian French pastry of vanilla butter-cream and tender almond biscuit layers
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Qui est réduit à la misère ; qui inspire la pitié. 2. Qui inspire une pitié mêlée de mépris ou d’indignation. 3. Qui est sans valeur.
noun: 1. Celui, celle qui vit dans la misère. 2. Homme de néant, ou très malhonnête homme. 3. Enfant, jeune homme vicieux. 4. Femme décriée pour sa mauvaise conduite.
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 misérable
- misérables plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce misérable?
- /mi.ze.ʁabl/
- \mi.ze.ʁabl\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to misérable
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is misérable in French?
misérable appears 5.0 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).