trouble
French, noun
trouble is spelled T-R-O-U-B-L-E (7 letters) and appears 17 times per million words in written French, the 4,323rd most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Trouble is a French masculine noun meaning “trouble” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive of troubler. With an accent, troublé is a different word: “past participle of troubler”. The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Confusion ; désordre”.
What does trouble mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinetrouble
fauteur de troubles
- 2
masculinedisorder
trouble bipolaire
adjective
- 1
murky, turbid, muddy, thick, clouded, cloudy; not clear
verb
- 1
first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
- 2
second-person singular imperative
verb
- 1
past participle of troubler
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Qui éprouve du trouble.
adjective: 1. Qui est opaque, impur. 2. Qui n'est pas clair. 3. Qui ne s’explique pas nettement, qui peut être suspect. 4. Qui manifeste les prémices émues de l'amour.
noun: 1. Confusion ; désordre. 2. Brouillerie ; mésintelligence. 3. Soulèvements ; émotions populaires. 4. Agitation de l’âme ou de l’esprit.
noun: 1. Filet en forme de poche, monté sur un cercle ou un ovale, auquel est ordinairement ajusté un manche.
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 trouble
- troubles plural
- troublée feminine
- troublés masculine plural
- troublées feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to trouble
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is trouble in French?
trouble appears 17 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).