apologie
French, noun/a.pɔ.lɔ.ʒi/
apologie is spelled A-P-O-L-O-G-I-E (8 letters) and appears 4.5 times per million words in written French, the 12,122nd most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Apologie is a French feminine noun meaning “apology (formal justification, defence)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Paroles ou écrits destinés à justifier ou à défendre quelqu’un ou quelque chose”.
What does apologie mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineapology (formal justification, defence)
faire l'apologie de quelque chose
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Paroles ou écrits destinés à justifier ou à défendre quelqu’un ou quelque chose.
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 apologie
- apologies plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce apologie?
- /a.pɔ.lɔ.ʒi/
- \a.pɔ.lɔ.ʒi\
- [a.pɔ.lɔ.ʒi]
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to apologie
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is apologie in French?
apologie appears 4.5 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).