autoréférentiel
French, adjective/o.tɔ.ʁe.fe.ʁɑ̃.sjɛl/
autoréférentiel is spelled A-U-T-O-R-É-F-É-R-E-N-T-I-E-L (15 letters) and appears about once in every 98 million words in written French, the 308,115th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Autoréférentiel is a French adjective meaning “self-referential” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Qui fait référence à soi-même”.
What does autoréférentiel mean in English?
adjective
- 1
self-referential
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Qui fait référence à soi-même.
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 autoréférentiel
- autoréférentielle feminine
- autoréférentiels masculine plural
- autoréférentielles feminine plural
- auto-référentiel
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce autoréférentiel?
- /o.tɔ.ʁe.fe.ʁɑ̃.sjɛl/
- /ɔ.tɔ.ʁe.fe.ʁɑ̃.sjɛl/
- \o.tɔ.ʁe.fe.ʁɑ̃.sjɛl\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is autoréférentiel in French?
autoréférentiel appears about once in every 98 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).