péteux
French, adjective/pe.tø/
péteux is spelled P-É-T-E-U-X (6 letters) and appears about once in every 5 million words in written French, the 77,345th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Péteux is a French adjective meaning “timid, cowardly” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Peureux, pleutre”.
What does péteux mean in English?
adjective
- 1
timid, cowardly
- 2
pretentious, stuck-up
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Peureux, pleutre. 2. Prétentieux et snob, qui se la pète.
noun: 1. Personne pleutre. 2. Personne prétentieuse et snob, quelqu’un qui se la pète.
noun: 1. Cul.
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 péteux
- péteuse feminine
- péteuses feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce péteux?
- /pe.tø/
- \pe.tø\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to péteux
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is péteux in French?
péteux appears about once in every 5 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).