abstème
\ab.stɛm\
The verdict
“abstème” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 7
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Qui ne peut pas communier au vin, par répulsion naturelle.
Corpus desk
Index FR-absteme · abstème · French
abstème · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "A" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | abstème |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \ab.stɛm\ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « abstème » en français
Rare enough to double-check
abstème is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective, transcribed \ab.stɛm\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for abstème, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable French rules. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is abstème, spelled A-B-S-T-È-M-E.
Definition
- 1Qui ne peut pas communier au vin, par répulsion naturelle.
- 2Qui ne consomme pas d’alcool, qui est lié à la non-consommation d’alcool.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how abstème appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Il était une fois, il y a moult années, un homme abstème qui ne le savait pas encore.
Alors, quand il a contemplé dans ce monde-là, belles d’une beauté incomparable, les formes exemplaires et idéales des objets sensibles qu’il avait vus ici-bas, ivre d’une ivresse abstème, il est saisi de transports divins comme les gens qui sont pris de fureur corybantique.
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.