antédiluvien
\ɑ̃.te.di.ly.vjɛ̃\
The verdict
“antédiluvien” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 12
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Qui a existé avant le déluge.
Corpus desk
Index FR-antediluvien · antédiluvien · French
antédiluvien · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 12 letters
- VOW-6 6 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "A" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | antédiluvien |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \ɑ̃.te.di.ly.vjɛ̃\ |
| Letters | 12 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
antédiluvien is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective, transcribed \ɑ̃.te.di.ly.vjɛ̃\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
antédiluvien doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is antédiluvien, spelled A-N-T-É-D-I-L-U-V-I-E-N.
Definition
- 1Qui a existé avant le déluge.
- 2Très ancien, vieux, démodé.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how antédiluvien appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
La source parait venir perpendiculairement d'une grande profondeur; son analyse chimique fait présumer que le réservoir souterrain qui la produit contient des corps animaux antédiluviens, puisqu'il se trouve dans la composition de cette Eau, qui est légèrement alcaline, du phosphate et une matière organique azotée de nature albumineuse et gélatineuse.
Le déluge historique, ainsi que l’indique la qualification historique , est un fait de notre temps géologique, et l’époque antédiluvienne des géologues se rapporte à un passé qui est de beaucoup antérieur au déluge de Noé, au déluge de Deucalion et de Pyrra.
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Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.