vertige
French, noun/vɛʁ.tiʒ/
vertige is spelled V-E-R-T-I-G-E (7 letters) and appears 3.0 times per million words in written French, the 15,828th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Vertige is a French masculine noun meaning “dizziness, vertigo” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Tournoiement de tête, indisposition dans laquelle il semble que tout tourne”.
What does vertige mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinedizziness, vertigo
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Tournoiement de tête, indisposition dans laquelle il semble que tout tourne. 2. Sensation intense et prenante du vide lorsqu'on est en hauteur et notamment que l'on surplombe directement le paysage sans garde-fou ; cette sensation est souvent associée à une peur panique de tomber, ou de se laisser aller comme si le vide pouvait nous happer. 3. Propension à ce malaise. 4. Égarement ; trouble d’esprit.
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 vertige
- vertiges plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce vertige?
- /vɛʁ.tiʒ/
- \vɛʁ.tiʒ\
- [vɛʁ.tiʒ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to vertige
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is vertige in French?
vertige appears 3.0 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).