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abracadabrantesque

French, adjective/a.bʁa.ka.da.bʁɑ̃.tɛsk/

abracadabrantesque is spelled A-B-R-A-C-A-D-A-B-R-A-N-T-E-S-Q-U-E (18 letters) and appears about once in every 16 million words in written French, the 130,697th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Abracadabrantesque is a French adjective meaning “totally ludicrous” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Complètement abracadabrant”.

What does abracadabrantesque mean in English?

adjective

  1. 1

    totally ludicrous

Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How French dictionaries define it

adjective: 1. Complètement abracadabrant.

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 abracadabrantesque

  • abracadabrantesques plural
  • abracadabrant
  • abracadabresque

Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

How do you pronounce abracadabrantesque?

  • /a.bʁa.ka.da.bʁɑ̃.tɛsk/
  • \a.bʁa.ka.da.bʁɑ̃.tɛsk\

Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.

How common is abracadabrantesque in French?

abracadabrantesque appears about once in every 16 million words in written French.

Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).

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