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compréhensible

French, adjective/kɔ̃.pʁe.ɑ̃.sibl/

compréhensible is spelled C-O-M-P-R-É-H-E-N-S-I-B-L-E (14 letters) and appears 4.4 times per million words in written French, the 12,326th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Compréhensible is a French adjective meaning “comprehensible; understandable” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Qui peut se comprendre facilement, par l’intelligence”.

What does compréhensible mean in English?

adjective

  1. 1

    comprehensible; understandable

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

How French dictionaries define it

adjective: 1. Qui peut se comprendre facilement, par l’intelligence. 2. Qui suscite de l’empathie.

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 compréhensible

  • compréhensibles plural

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

How do you pronounce compréhensible?

  • /kɔ̃.pʁe.ɑ̃.sibl/
  • \kɔ̃.pʁe.ɑ̃.sibl\

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

English words that translate to compréhensible

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

How common is compréhensible in French?

compréhensible appears 4.4 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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