timidité
French, noun/ti.mi.di.te/
timidité is spelled T-I-M-I-D-I-T-É (8 letters) and appears 2.1 times per million words in written French, the 19,772nd most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Timidité is a French feminine noun meaning “shyness” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Sentiment d’appréhension face à une situation sociale”.
What does timidité mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineshyness
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Sentiment d’appréhension face à une situation sociale. 2. Caractère de celui qui est timide. 3. Esprit, action, paroles qui manquent de hardiesse ou d'envergure.
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 timidité
- timidités plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce timidité?
- /ti.mi.di.te/
- \ti.mi.di.te\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to timidité
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is timidité in French?
timidité appears 2.1 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).