notoire
French, adjective/nɔ.twaʁ/
notoire is spelled N-O-T-O-I-R-E (7 letters) and appears 2.3 times per million words in written French, the 18,679th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Notoire is a French adjective meaning “well-known; notorious” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Connu du public, manifeste”.
What does notoire mean in English?
adjective
- 1
well-known; notorious
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Connu du public, manifeste.
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 notoire
- notoires plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce notoire?
- /nɔ.twaʁ/
- \nɔ.twaʁ\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to notoire
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is notoire in French?
notoire appears 2.3 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).