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apathique

French, adjective/a.pa.tik/

apathique is spelled A-P-A-T-H-I-Q-U-E (9 letters) and appears about once in every 3 million words in written French, the 52,567th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Apathique is a French adjective meaning “apathetic” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Qui souffre d’apathie, impassible, insensible”.

What does apathique mean in English?

adjective

  1. 1

    apathetic

  2. 2

    inactive, sluggish

Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How French dictionaries define it

adjective: 1. Qui souffre d’apathie, impassible, insensible. 2. Qualifie quelqu'un de fatigué, mou et sans énergie.

noun: 1. Personne apathique.

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 apathique

  • apathiques plural

Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

How do you pronounce apathique?

  • /a.pa.tik/
  • \a.pa.tik\

Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.

English words that translate to apathique

Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.

How common is apathique in French?

apathique 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).

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