offense
French, noun
offense is spelled O-F-F-E-N-S-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). Offense is a French feminine noun meaning “insult, affront, offense” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive of offenser. With an accent, offensé is a different word: “past participle of offenser”. The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Injure de fait ou de parole”.
What does offense mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineinsult, affront, offense
verb
- 1
first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
- 2
second-person singular imperative
verb
- 1
past participle of offenser
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Injure de fait ou de parole. 2. Manquement à Dieu.
noun: 1. Celui qui subit ou a subi une offense.
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 offense
- offenses plural
- offensée feminine
- offensés masculine plural
- offensées feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to offense
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is offense in French?
offense 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).