aléatoire
French, adjective/a.le.a.twaʁ/
aléatoire is spelled A-L-É-A-T-O-I-R-E (9 letters) and appears 7.1 times per million words in written French, the 8,672nd most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Aléatoire is a French adjective meaning “doubtful, dubious, uncertain, unpredictable” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Qui se produit par hasard”.
What does aléatoire mean in English?
adjective
- 1
doubtful, dubious, uncertain, unpredictable
- 2
random, aleatory
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Qui se produit par hasard. 2. Se dit d'une expérience dont l'observateur est dans l'impossibilité de prédire le résultat. 3. Qui est soumis aux aléas. 4. Qualifie un contrat dont les effets dépendent d’un événement incertain.
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 aléatoire
- aléatoires plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce aléatoire?
- /a.le.a.twaʁ/
- \a.le.a.twaʁ\
- [a.le.a.twaʁ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to aléatoire
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is aléatoire in French?
aléatoire appears 7.1 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).