versatile
French, adjective/vɛʁ.sa.til/
versatile is spelled V-E-R-S-A-T-I-L-E (9 letters) and appears about once in every 2 million words in written French, the 47,811th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Versatile is a French adjective meaning “versatile; easily changeable” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Qui est sujet à tourner, à changer”.
What does versatile mean in English?
adjective
- 1
versatile; easily changeable
- 2
indecisive
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Qui est sujet à tourner, à changer. 2. Qualifie le caractère d’une personne qui change facilement d’avis, qui est trop indécise. 3. Pour des objets, qualifie l'adaptabilité à un grand nombre de situations ou d'usages, polyvalent. 4. Dans l’armement, qualifie un vecteur capable d’effectuer plusieurs types de missions simultanément grâce à l’emport d’une grande variété d’équipements.
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 versatile
- versatiles plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce versatile?
- /vɛʁ.sa.til/
- \vɛʁ.sa.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 versatile
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is versatile in French?
versatile appears about once in every 2 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).