apophatique
French, adjective/a.pɔ.fa.tik/
apophatique is a French adjective meaning “apophatic” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Qui procède par négation, négatif”.
What does apophatique mean in English?
adjective
- 1
apophatic
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Qui procède par négation, négatif. 2. Qui adopte la pensée de la théologie apophatique, selon laquelle on peut seulement dire ce que Dieu n'est pas.
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 apophatique
- apophatiques plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce apophatique?
- /a.pɔ.fa.tik/
- \a.po.fa.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 apophatique
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is apophatique in French?
apophatique appears about once in every 62 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).