oiseux
French, adjective/wa.zø/
oiseux is spelled O-I-S-E-U-X (6 letters) and appears about once in every 23 million words in written French, the 155,929th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Oiseux is a French adjective meaning “pointless” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Qui ne sert à rien”.
What does oiseux mean in English?
adjective
- 1
pointless
- 2
idle
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Qui ne sert à rien. 2. Qui n’ajoute rien à la pensée.
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 oiseux
- oiseuse feminine
- oiseuses feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce oiseux?
- /wa.zø/
- \wa.zø\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to oiseux
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is oiseux in French?
oiseux appears about once in every 23 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).