absentéiste
French, adjective/ap.sɑ̃.te.ist/
absentéiste is spelled A-B-S-E-N-T-É-I-S-T-E (11 letters) and appears about once in every 30 million words in written French, the 175,987th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Absentéiste is a French adjective meaning “absentee” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Qui est souvent absent alors qu’il devrait être présent, en particulier d’un point de vue professionnel”.
What does absentéiste mean in English?
adjective
- 1
absentee
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Qui est souvent absent alors qu’il devrait être présent, en particulier d’un point de vue professionnel. 2. Désigne le propriétaire foncier qui vit éloigné de ses terres.
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 absentéiste
- absentéistes plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce absentéiste?
- /ap.sɑ̃.te.ist/
- \ab.sɑ̃.te.ist\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is absentéiste in French?
absentéiste appears about once in every 30 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).