abstrait
French, adjective/ap.stʁɛ/
abstrait is spelled A-B-S-T-R-A-I-T (8 letters) and appears 3.5 times per million words in written French, the 14,223rd most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Abstrait is a French adjective meaning “abstract” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a third-person singular present indicative of abstraire. The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Qui n’est pas concret, qui n'est pas réel ou qui relève de l’abstraction”.
What does abstrait mean in English?
adjective
- 1
abstract
verb
- 1
third-person singular present indicative of abstraire
verb
- 1
past participle of abstraire
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Qui n’est pas concret, qui n'est pas réel ou qui relève de l’abstraction. 2. Abstrait d’une ou plusieurs collections d’objets, soit imaginées soit concrètes, en parlant d’une qualité ou d’un concept considéré tout seul, séparé de son origine. 3. Se dit d’un art, par opposition à figuratif, qui ne représente rien existant dans le monde connu. 4. Qui est difficile à saisir, à pénétrer.
noun: 1. Nominalisation de l’adjectif.
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 abstrait
- abstraite feminine
- abstraits masculine plural
- abstraites feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce abstrait?
- /ap.stʁɛ/
- \ap.stʁɛ\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to abstrait
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is abstrait in French?
abstrait 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).