apriori
French, noun\a.pʁi.ɔ.ʁi\
apriori is spelled A-P-R-I-O-R-I (7 letters) and appears about once in every 10 million words in written French, the 101,144th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Apriori is a French noun meaning “post-1990 spelling of a priori” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Jugement superficiel sans réelle connaissance du sujet ; préjugé”.
What does apriori mean in English?
noun
- 1
post-1990 spelling of a priori
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Jugement superficiel sans réelle connaissance du sujet ; préjugé. 2. Connaissance qui peut être prouvée sans recours à l’expérience.
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 apriori
- aprioris plural
- a priori
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce apriori?
- \a.pʁi.ɔ.ʁi\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is apriori in French?
apriori appears about once in every 10 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).