bizarre
French, adjective/bi.zaʁ/
bizarre is spelled B-I-Z-A-R-R-E (7 letters) and appears 54 times per million words in written French, the 1,564th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Bizarre is a French adjective meaning “bizarre, odd, strange, funny” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Fantasque, capricieux, extravagant”.
What does bizarre mean in English?
adjective
- 1
bizarre, odd, strange, funny
Je me sens bizarre.
- 2
peculiar, quaint
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Fantasque, capricieux, extravagant. 2. Extraordinaire, singulier. 3. Qui s’écarte de l’usage ou de l’ordre commun. 4. Qui est mal à l’aise, pas dans son assiette.
noun: 1. Ce qui est bizarre. 2. Personne bizarre, fantasque. ^([3]) ^([4])
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 bizarre
- bizarres plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce bizarre?
- /bi.zaʁ/
- \bi.zɑʁ\
- \bi.zaʁ\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to bizarre
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is bizarre in French?
bizarre appears 54 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).