sénile
French, adjective/se.nil/
sénile is spelled S-É-N-I-L-E (6 letters) and appears about once in every 1 million words in written French, the 36,757th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Sénile is a French adjective meaning “senile” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Relatif à la vieillesse”.
What does sénile mean in English?
adjective
- 1
senile
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Relatif à la vieillesse. 2. Qui rappelle le comportement d'un vieillard.
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 sénile
- séniles plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce sénile?
- /se.nil/
- \se.nil\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to sénile
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is sénile in French?
sénile appears about once in every 1 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).