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Did you know fatigué has its own little word family? 😴
Alongside fatigué, meaning tired in French, you’ll also find la fatigue (tiredness) and fatiguer (to tire, to wear out). Learning all three will help you go beyond je suis fatigué and sound more natural when you talk about being tired.
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📘 Fatigué meaning — tired in French
The adjective fatigué means tired in French. You’ll hear it all the time in daily speech — for example, je suis fatigué (I’m tired). French speakers also use it in expressions like avoir l’air fatigué (to look tired).
Fatigue changes forms based on the gender of the subject:
- je suis fatigué — I am tired (masculine)
- je suis fatiguée — I am tired (feminine)
- ils sont fatigués — they are tired (masculine plural)
- elles sont fatiguées — they are tired (feminine plural)
🎧 Fatigué pronunciation
Fatigué is pronounced /fa.ti.ɡe/ in IPA. It sounds like fa-tee-gay. The é has an acute accent, giving it a clear “ay” sound (as in café). The g is a hard “g” as in get, and all three syllables are pronounced clearly.
📝 French and English examples
Fatigué – tired
Quand je suis fatigué, je bois du café.
I drink coffee when I’m tired.
Tu as l’air fatigué, repose-toi un peu.
You look tired; rest a little.
Je ne veux rien faire parce que je suis fatigué.
I don’t want to do anything because I’m tired.
👉 See also: Vouloir conjugation charts (to want) »
Elle est toujours fatiguée après le sport.
She is always tired after exercising.
Ils étaient fatigués après le voyage.
They were tired after the trip.
👉 See also: Être conjugation charts (to be) »
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😴 How to use fatiguer and la fatigue
The adjective fatigué is related to two other common forms:
- la fatigue — feminine noun, tiredness
👉 La fatigue rend la concentration difficile. Tiredness makes it hard to concentrate. - fatiguer — regular -er verb, to tire or wear out
👉 Ce travail me fatigue beaucoup. This work tires me a lot.
🔗 Related words and expressions
- avoir l’air fatigué — to look tired
- épuisé(e) — to be exhausted
- avoir sommeil — to be sleepy
- se reposer — to rest
- à bout de forces — completely worn out
- k.-o. — knocked out, very tired (slang)
- coup de fatigue — sudden wave of tiredness
🚀 Expand your French vocabulary!
Now that you’ve mastered fatigué, check out my lesson covering crevé, a slang term for “exhausted” or “whiped out.”
👉 Learn crevé here »
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