prudent
French, adjective/pʁy.dɑ̃/
prudent is spelled P-R-U-D-E-N-T (7 letters) and appears 9.3 times per million words in written French, the 7,048th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Prudent is a French adjective meaning “prudent” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Qui ne prend pas de risque immodéré, qui prend des précautions, sage”.
What does prudent mean in English?
adjective
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prudent
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Qui ne prend pas de risque immodéré, qui prend des précautions, sage. 2. Tempéré, fondé sur l’aversion au risque et au danger.
noun: 1. Personne prudente. 2. Juriste romain qui adaptait les textes juridiques aux cas particuliers.
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 prudent
- prudente feminine
- prudents masculine plural
- prudentes feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce prudent?
- /pʁy.dɑ̃/
- \pʁy.dɑ̃\
- [pʁy.dɑ̃]
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to prudent
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is prudent in French?
prudent appears 9.3 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).