colérique
French, adjective/kɔ.le.ʁik/
colérique is spelled C-O-L-É-R-I-Q-U-E (9 letters) and appears about once in every 1 million words in written French, the 34,445th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Colérique is a French adjective meaning “habitually angry or bad-tempered” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Qui est enclin à la colère”.
What does colérique mean in English?
adjective
- 1
habitually angry or bad-tempered
Near-synonym: coléreux
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Qui est enclin à la colère.
noun: 1. Personnage colérique, qui s'emporte facilement.
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 colérique
- colériques plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce colérique?
- /kɔ.le.ʁik/
- \kɔ.le.ʁik\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is colérique in French?
colérique appears about once in every 1 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).