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catégorique

French, adjective/ka.te.ɡɔ.ʁik/

catégorique is spelled C-A-T-É-G-O-R-I-Q-U-E (11 letters) and appears 2.3 times per million words in written French, the 18,966th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Catégorique is a French adjective meaning “categorical, clear-cut, unequivocal” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Qui est clair, précis, qui ne souffre pas d’objection”.

What does catégorique mean in English?

adjective

  1. 1

    categorical, clear-cut, unequivocal

  2. 2

    positive, certain

Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How French dictionaries define it

adjective: 1. Qui est clair, précis, qui ne souffre pas d’objection. 2. Une proposition énoncée simplement et absolument.

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 catégorique

  • catégoriques plural

Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

How do you pronounce catégorique?

  • /ka.te.ɡɔ.ʁik/
  • \ka.te.ɡɔ.ʁik\

Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.

English words that translate to catégorique

Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.

How common is catégorique in French?

catégorique appears 2.3 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).

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