authenticité
French, noun/ɔ.tɑ̃.ti.si.te/
authenticité is spelled A-U-T-H-E-N-T-I-C-I-T-É (12 letters) and appears 5.4 times per million words in written French, the 10,655th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Authenticité is a French feminine noun meaning “authenticity” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Qualité de ce qui est authentique”.
What does authenticité mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineauthenticity
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Qualité de ce qui est authentique. 2. Pureté. 3. Vérité absolue et indiscutable. 4. Caractère de ce qui est identique à soi.
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 authenticité
- authenticités plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce authenticité?
- /ɔ.tɑ̃.ti.si.te/
- /o.tɑ̃.ti.si.te/
- \ɔ.tɑ̃.ti.si.te\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to authenticité
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is authenticité in French?
authenticité appears 5.4 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).