caravagesque
French, adjective/ka.ʁa.va.ʒɛsk/
caravagesque is spelled C-A-R-A-V-A-G-E-S-Q-U-E (12 letters) and appears about once in every 74 million words in written French, the 270,259th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Caravagesque is a French adjective meaning “Caravaggesque, Caravaggiesque (reminiscent of the style of Caravaggio)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Relatif à la vie et la peinture du Caravage”.
What does caravagesque mean in English?
adjective
- 1
Caravaggesque, Caravaggiesque (reminiscent of the style of Caravaggio)
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Relatif à la vie et la peinture du Caravage. 2. Se dit de la peinture baroque caractérisée par un clair-obscur prononcé.
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 caravagesque
- caravagesques plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce caravagesque?
- /ka.ʁa.va.ʒɛsk/
- \ka.ʁa.va.ʒɛsk\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is caravagesque in French?
caravagesque appears about once in every 74 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).