renégat
French, noun/ʁə.ne.ɡa/
renégat is spelled R-E-N-É-G-A-T (7 letters) and appears about once in every 2 million words in written French, the 49,558th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Renégat is a French masculine noun meaning “renegade” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Celui qui a renié sa religion pour en adopter une autre (éventuellement sous la contrainte)”.
What does renégat mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinerenegade
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Celui qui a renié sa religion pour en adopter une autre (éventuellement sous la contrainte). 2. Celui qui a renié ses convictions, ses engagements, trahi son propre camp.
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 renégat
- renégats plural
- renégate feminine
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce renégat?
- /ʁə.ne.ɡa/
- \ʁə.ne.ɡa\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to renégat
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is renégat in French?
renégat appears about once in every 2 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).