cyberpunk
French, noun/si.bɛʁ.pœŋk/
cyberpunk is spelled C-Y-B-E-R-P-U-N-K (9 letters) and appears about once in every 2 million words in written French, the 51,352nd most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Cyberpunk is a French masculine noun meaning “cyberpunk” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Sous-genre de la science-fiction dans un futur proche incorporant une esthétique et des thématiques centrés…”.
What does cyberpunk mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinecyberpunk
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Sous-genre de la science-fiction dans un futur proche incorporant une esthétique et des thématiques centrés sur la technologie informatique, souvent dans un monde dystopique.
adjective: 1. Qui concerne le cyberpunk.
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 cyberpunk
- cyberpunks plural
- cyber-punk
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce cyberpunk?
- /si.bɛʁ.pœŋk/
- \si.bɛʁ.pœŋk\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to cyberpunk
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is cyberpunk in French?
cyberpunk appears about once in every 2 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).