sordide
French, adjective/sɔʁ.did/
sordide is spelled S-O-R-D-I-D-E (7 letters) and appears 1.7 times per million words in written French, the 22,520th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Sordide is a French adjective meaning “sordid” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Qui est sale, repoussant”.
What does sordide mean in English?
adjective
- 1
sordid
- 2
squalid
- 3
sleazy
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Qui est sale, repoussant. 2. Qui fait preuve d’avarice, qui montre de l’avarice. 3. Qui est vil, répugnant, en parlant des choses.
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 sordide
- sordides plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce sordide?
- /sɔʁ.did/
- \sɔʁ.did\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to sordide
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is sordide in French?
sordide appears 1.7 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).