contrevérité
French, noun/kɔ̃.tʁə.ve.ʁi.te/
contrevérité is spelled C-O-N-T-R-E-V-É-R-I-T-É (12 letters) and appears about once in every 65 million words in written French, the 253,038th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Contrevérité is a French feminine noun meaning “falsehood; falsity; untruth” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Affirmation contraire à la vérité ; fausseté”.
What does contrevérité mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininefalsehood; falsity; untruth
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Affirmation contraire à la vérité ; fausseté.
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 contrevérité
- contrevérités plural
- contre-vérité alternative
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce contrevérité?
- /kɔ̃.tʁə.ve.ʁi.te/
- \kɔ̃.tʁə.ve.ʁi.te\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to contrevérité
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is contrevérité in French?
contrevérité appears about once in every 65 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).