utile
French, adjective/y.til/
utile is spelled U-T-I-L-E (5 letters) and appears 49 times per million words in written French, the 1,704th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Utile is a French adjective meaning “useful” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Qui est profitable ou avantageux ; qui sert à quelque chose”.
What does utile mean in English?
adjective
- 1
useful
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Qui est profitable ou avantageux ; qui sert à quelque chose. 2. Qualifie le rang des créanciers qui, d’après la date de leur hypothèque, seront payés sur les biens du débiteur. 3. Qualifie la partie économiquement active d'un pays ou d’une nation.
noun: 1. Ce qui sert.
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 utile
- utiles plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce utile?
- /y.til/
- \y.til\
- [y.til]
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to utile
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is utile in French?
utile appears 49 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).