usé
French, adjective
usé is spelled U-S-É (3 letters) and appears 5.9 times per million words in written French, the 9,981st most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Usé is a French adjective meaning “worn-out, deteriorated” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a past participle of user. Without its accent, use is a different word: “first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive”. The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Détérioré, diminué par le frottement, ruiné”.
What does usé mean in English?
adjective
- 1
worn-out, deteriorated
verb
- 1
past participle of user
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. Détérioré, diminué par le frottement, ruiné. 2. Qui a été employé souvent, rebattu. 3. Émoussé.
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 usé
- usée feminine
- usés masculine plural
- usées feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to usé
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is usé in French?
usé appears 5.9 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).