absolu
French, noun/ap.sɔ.ly/
absolu is spelled A-B-S-O-L-U (6 letters) and appears 14 times per million words in written French, the 5,118th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Absolu is a French masculine noun meaning “absolute (that which exists independent of references to other standards or external conditions; that which is universally valid; that…” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Ce qui existe indépendamment de toute condition”.
What does absolu mean in English?
adjective
- 1
absolute
oreille absolue
- 2
absolute
ablatif absolu
noun
- 1
masculineabsolute (that which exists independent of references to other standards or external conditions; that which is universally valid; that which is not relative, conditional, qualified or mitigated; that which is complete in itself; that which is perfect)
en quête d'absolu
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Complet ; sans restriction. 2. Qui a le pouvoir absolu ; qui est souverain, sans contrôle, en parlant d’une autorité, d’un État. 3. Impérieux ; entier. 4. Total, sans exception.
noun: 1. Ce qui existe indépendamment de toute condition. 2. Substance tirée de la concrète, distillée pour la débarrasser de ses cires végétales, dans le but d’élaborer un parfum.
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 absolu
- absolue feminine
- absolus masculine plural
- absolues feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce absolu?
- /ap.sɔ.ly/
- \ap.sɔ.ly\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to absolu
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is absolu in French?
absolu appears 14 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).