vulnérable
French, adjective/vyl.ne.ʁabl/
vulnérable is spelled V-U-L-N-É-R-A-B-L-E (10 letters) and appears 4.8 times per million words in written French, the 11,545th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Vulnérable is a French adjective meaning “vulnerable” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Qui peut être blessé”.
What does vulnérable mean in English?
adjective
- 1
vulnerable
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Qui peut être blessé. 2. Qui peut être attaqué, qui offre prise.
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 vulnérable
- vulnérables plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce vulnérable?
- /vyl.ne.ʁabl/
- \vyl.ne.ʁabl\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to vulnérable
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is vulnérable in French?
vulnérable appears 4.8 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).