prodigue
French, adjective
prodigue is a French adjective meaning “prodigal” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With an accent, prodigué is a different word: “past participle of prodiguer”. The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Qui dissipe son bien en libéralités excessives, en dépenses déraisonnables”.
What does prodigue mean in English?
adjective
- 1
prodigal
Near-synonym: généreux
- 2
prodigal, spendthrift, profligate
Near-synonym: dépensier
verb
- 1
past participle of prodiguer
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Qui dissipe son bien en libéralités excessives, en dépenses déraisonnables. 2. En bonne part, celui qui fait de grands sacrifices pour l’utilité d’autrui. 3. Qui distribue en abondance. 4. Qui donne des conseils à la légère.
noun: 1. Personne prodigue.
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 prodigue
- prodigues plural
- prodiguée feminine
- prodigués masculine plural
- prodiguées feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to prodigue
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is prodigue in French?
prodigue appears 1.3 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).