flexitarian
/flɛk.sɪˈtɛ.ɹi.ən/noun, adjective
flexitarian is a noun meaning “One who is usually or primarily vegetarian, but not strictly so” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is spelled F-L-E-X-I-T-A-R-I-A-N and has 5 syllables, and it appears about once in every 35 million words in written English (wordfreq, 2021 data). The plural of flexitarian is flexitarians.
What does flexitarian mean?
noun
- 1
One who is usually or primarily vegetarian, but not strictly so.
adjective
- 1
Being a flexitarian.
- 2
Being what a flexitarian might eat.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How do you pronounce flexitarian?
- UK /flɛk.sɪˈtɛə.ɹi.ən/
- US /flɛk.sɪˈtɛ.ɹi.ən/
Flexitarian has 5 syllables (counted from the pronunciation).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Forms of flexitarian
- flexitarians plural
- more flexitarian comparative
- most flexitarian superlative
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How common is flexitarian?
Flexitarian appears about once in every 35 million words in written English, the 182,517th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
Flexitarian in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense one who is usually vegetarian:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| German | Flexitarier |
| Spanish | flexitariano |
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does flexitarian come from?
Blend of flexible + vegetarian.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).