anecdote
French, noun/a.nɛk.dɔt/
anecdote is spelled A-N-E-C-D-O-T-E (8 letters) and appears 5.9 times per million words in written French, the 9,981st most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Anecdote is a French feminine noun meaning “anecdote” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Particularité historique”.
What does anecdote mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineanecdote
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Particularité historique. 2. Récit d’un petit fait curieux.
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 anecdote
- anecdotes plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce anecdote?
- /a.nɛk.dɔt/
- /a.nɛɡ.dɔt/
- \a.nɛk.dɔt\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to anecdote
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is anecdote in French?
anecdote appears 5.9 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).