regret
French, noun/ʁə.ɡʁɛ/
regret is spelled R-E-G-R-E-T (6 letters) and appears 8.5 times per million words in written French, the 7,540th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Regret is a French masculine noun meaning “regret” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Chagrin que cause la perte, la mort d’une personne”.
What does regret mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineregret
Near-synonyms: remords, repentir
- 2
masculinenostalgia
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Chagrin que cause la perte, la mort d’une personne. 2. Déplaisir d’avoir perdu un bien qu’on possédait, ou de n’avoir pu obtenir celui qu’on désirait. 3. Toute sorte de déplaisir, léger ou considérable. 4. Repentir, déplaisir d’avoir fait ou de n’avoir pas fait quelque chose, d'un oubli, d'une erreur ou d'une décision.
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 regret
- regrets plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce regret?
- /ʁə.ɡʁɛ/
- \ʁə.ɡʁɛ\
- [ʁə.ɡʁɛ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to regret
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is regret in French?
regret appears 8.5 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).