climax
French, noun/kli.maks/
climax is spelled C-L-I-M-A-X (6 letters) and appears about once in every 3 million words in written French, the 53,211th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Climax is a French masculine noun meaning “climax (all senses)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Point culminant d’une énumération progressive, d’une gradation ascendante ou descendante”.
What does climax mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineclimax (all senses)
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Point culminant d’une énumération progressive, d’une gradation ascendante ou descendante. 2. État final d’une succession de végétations au même endroit, dans le temps, et l’état le plus stable dans les conditions de sol et de climat existantes. 3. Temps final particulièrement surprenant d’un tour de prestidigitation. 4. Trait où deux parties vont à la tierce en montant ou en descendant diatoniquement.
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.
How do you pronounce climax?
- /kli.maks/
- \kli.maks\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to climax
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is climax in French?
climax appears about once in every 3 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).