rigide
French, adjective/ʁi.ʒid/
rigide is spelled R-I-G-I-D-E (6 letters) and appears 4.6 times per million words in written French, the 11,928th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Rigide is a French adjective meaning “rigid” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Qui ne plie pas, ne peut être déformé ni assoupli”.
What does rigide mean in English?
adjective
- 1
rigid
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Qui ne plie pas, ne peut être déformé ni assoupli. 2. Se dit d'une personne qui se montre sévère, inflexible. 3. Qualifie ce qui est dépourvu de souplesse intellectuelle et qui ne pardonne rien aux autres, ni à lui-même.
noun: 1. Personne rigide.
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 rigide
- rigides plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce rigide?
- /ʁi.ʒid/
- \ʁi.ʒid\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to rigide
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is rigide in French?
rigide appears 4.6 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).