officieux
French, adjective/ɔ.fi.sjø/
officieux is spelled O-F-F-I-C-I-E-U-X (9 letters) and appears 1.3 times per million words in written French, the 27,000th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Officieux is a French adjective meaning “unofficial (not official)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Qui est prompt à rendre de bons offices, serviable”.
What does officieux mean in English?
adjective
- 1
unofficial (not official)
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Qui est prompt à rendre de bons offices, serviable. 2. Qualifie un mensonge dit pour faire plaisir à quelqu’un, ou pour lui rendre service sans nuire à personne. 3. Qui n’est pas officiel mais qui en remplit les fonctions ; qui est donné à titre de complaisance, en parlant de renseignements de source autorisée.
noun: 1. Personne prompte à rendre de bons offices, serviable. 2. Sous la Révolution française, domestique, valet, servante, etc.
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 officieux
- officieuse feminine
- officieuses feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce officieux?
- /ɔ.fi.sjø/
- \ɔ.fi.sjø\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to officieux
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is officieux in French?
officieux appears 1.3 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).