préoccupé
French, adjective
préoccupé is a French adjective meaning “concerned” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a past participle of préoccuper. With an accent, préoccupe is a different word: “first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive”. The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Dont l’esprit est fortement occupé par un souci, une inquiétude, par un objet particulier”.
What does préoccupé mean in English?
adjective
- 1
concerned
verb
- 1
past participle of préoccuper
verb
- 1
first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
- 2
second-person singular imperative
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Dont l’esprit est fortement occupé par un souci, une inquiétude, par un objet particulier.
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 préoccupé
- préoccupée feminine
- préoccupés masculine plural
- préoccupées feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to préoccupé
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is préoccupé in French?
préoccupé appears 4.4 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).