subordonné
French, noun
subordonné is spelled S-U-B-O-R-D-O-N-N-É (10 letters) and appears 1.1 times per million words in written French, the 29,681st most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Subordonné is a French masculine noun meaning “subordinate” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a past participle of subordonner. Without its accent, subordonne is a different word: “first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive”. The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Celui qui dépend d’un autre”.
What does subordonné mean in English?
adjective
- 1
subordinate (placed in a lower class, rank, or position)
- 2
subordinate
proposition subordonnée
noun
- 1
masculinesubordinate
verb
- 1
past participle of subordonner
verb
- 1
first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
- 2
second-person singular imperative
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Qui dépend d’un autre. 2. Qui dépend d’une autre proposition.
noun: 1. Celui qui dépend d’un autre.
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 subordonné
- subordonnée feminine
- subordonnés masculine plural
- subordonnées feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to subordonné
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is subordonné in French?
subordonné appears 1.1 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).