anacoluthe
French, noun/a.na.kɔ.lyt/
anacoluthe is spelled A-N-A-C-O-L-U-T-H-E (10 letters) and appears about once in every 22 million words in written French, the 152,479th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Anacoluthe is a French feminine noun meaning “anacoluthon” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Figure de style introduisant une rupture dans la construction d’une phrase”.
What does anacoluthe mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineanacoluthon
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Figure de style introduisant une rupture dans la construction d’une phrase.
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 anacoluthe
- anacoluthes plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce anacoluthe?
- /a.na.kɔ.lyt/
- \a.na.kɔ.lyt\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is anacoluthe in French?
anacoluthe appears about once in every 22 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).