relax
French, adjective/ʁə.laks/
relax is spelled R-E-L-A-X (5 letters) and appears 2.5 times per million words in written French, the 17,903rd most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Relax is a French adjective meaning “relaxed” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Détendu, relaxant”.
What does relax mean in English?
adjective
- 1
relaxed
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Détendu, relaxant.
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 relax
- relaxe feminine
- relaxes feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce relax?
- /ʁə.laks/
- \ʁə.laks\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is relax in French?
relax appears 2.5 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).