caprice
French, noun/ka.pʁis/
caprice is spelled C-A-P-R-I-C-E (7 letters) and appears 2.5 times per million words in written French, the 18,149th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Caprice is a French masculine noun meaning “whim; wish” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Volonté irréfléchie, soudaine et passagère”.
What does caprice mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinewhim; wish
- 2
masculinetantrum
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Volonté irréfléchie, soudaine et passagère. 2. Fantaisie. 3. Composition musicale, où l’auteur semble s’abandonner à sa fantaisie. 4. Inclination pour quelqu’un ou pour quelque chose, qui naît brusquement et qui ne dure 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 caprice
- caprices plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce caprice?
- /ka.pʁis/
- \ka.pʁis\
- [ka.pʁis]
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to caprice
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is caprice in French?
caprice appears 2.5 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).