figé
French, adjective
figé is a French adjective meaning “frozen” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a past participle of figer. Without its accent, fige is a different word: “first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive”. The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Devenu solide, en particulier en parlant d’une graisse”.
What does figé mean in English?
adjective
- 1
frozen
- 2
fixed
- 3
lifeless; motionless
verb
- 1
past participle of figer
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. Devenu solide, en particulier en parlant d’une graisse. 2. Qui ne bouge pas du tout, qui reste complètement immobile. 3. Qui n’est pas susceptible de modification.
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 figé
- figée feminine
- figés masculine plural
- figées feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How common is figé in French?
figé appears 2.0 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).