tragédienne
French, noun/tʁa.ʒe.djɛn/
tragédienne is spelled T-R-A-G-É-D-I-E-N-N-E (11 letters) and appears about once in every 9 million words in written French, the 98,883rd most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Tragédienne is a French feminine noun meaning “female equivalent of tragédien” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Actrice tragique, ou qui excelle dans les rôles tragiques”.
What does tragédienne mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininefemale equivalent of tragédien
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Actrice tragique, ou qui excelle dans les rôles tragiques. 2. Celle qui se comporte de manière si mélodramatique qu’on la compare à une actrice tragique.
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 tragédienne
- tragédiennes plural
- tragédien masculine
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce tragédienne?
- /tʁa.ʒe.djɛn/
- \tʁa.ʒe.djɛn\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to tragédienne
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is tragédienne in French?
tragédienne appears about once in every 9 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).