abc
French, noun/a.be.se/
abc is spelled A-B-C (3 letters) and appears 3.5 times per million words in written French, the 14,223rd most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Abc is a French masculine noun meaning “ABC, basics, fundamentals, rudiments” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Petit livret contenant l’alphabet et la combinaison des lettres pour enseigner à lire”.
What does abc mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineABC, basics, fundamentals, rudiments
l'abc des mathématiques
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Petit livret contenant l’alphabet et la combinaison des lettres pour enseigner à lire. 2. Principes élémentaires, commencement d’un art, d’une science.
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.
How do you pronounce abc?
- /a.be.se/
- \a.be.se\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to abc
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is abc in French?
abc appears 3.5 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).