ambivalent
French, adjective/ɑ̃.bi.va.lɑ̃/
ambivalent is spelled A-M-B-I-V-A-L-E-N-T (10 letters) and appears about once in every 3 million words in written French, the 54,486th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Ambivalent is a French adjective meaning “ambivalent” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Qui est doué d’ambivalence”.
What does ambivalent mean in English?
adjective
- 1
ambivalent
- 2
ambiguous, equivocal
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Qui est doué d’ambivalence. 2. Qui a plusieurs valeurs, plusieurs propriétés, plusieurs comportements différents, contradictoires, voire opposés.
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 ambivalent
- ambivalente feminine
- ambivalents masculine plural
- ambivalentes feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce ambivalent?
- /ɑ̃.bi.va.lɑ̃/
- \ɑ̃.bi.va.lɑ̃\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to ambivalent
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is ambivalent in French?
ambivalent appears about once in every 3 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).