sinueux
French, adjective/si.nɥø/
sinueux is spelled S-I-N-U-E-U-X (7 letters) and appears about once in every 1 million words in written French, the 38,702nd most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Sinueux is a French adjective meaning “sinuous, winding, meandering, serpentine” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Qui est tortueux ; qui fait plusieurs tours et détours”.
What does sinueux mean in English?
adjective
- 1
sinuous, winding, meandering, serpentine
- 2
tortuous
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Qui est tortueux ; qui fait plusieurs tours et détours. 2. Manquant de franchise, louvoyant, fuyant.
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 sinueux
- sinueuse feminine
- sinueuses feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce sinueux?
- /si.nɥø/
- \si.nɥø\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to sinueux
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is sinueux in French?
sinueux 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).