délectable
French, adjective/de.lɛk.tabl/
délectable is a French adjective meaning “delectable, delightful” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Qui est propre à délecter”.
What does délectable mean in English?
adjective
- 1
delectable, delightful
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Qui est propre à délecter.
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 délectable
- délectables plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce délectable?
- /de.lɛk.tabl/
- \de.lɛk.tabl\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is délectable in French?
délectable appears about once in every 6 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).