déontique
French, adjective/de.ɔ̃.tik/
déontique is spelled D-É-O-N-T-I-Q-U-E (9 letters) and appears about once in every 55 million words in written French, the 234,192nd most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Déontique is a French adjective meaning “deontic (relating to necessity, duty or obligation)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Relatif à une obligation morale”.
What does déontique mean in English?
adjective
- 1
deontic (relating to necessity, duty or obligation)
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Relatif à une obligation morale. 2. Relatif à un mode qui indique une obligation morale.
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 déontique
- déontiques plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce déontique?
- /de.ɔ̃.tik/
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to déontique
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is déontique in French?
déontique appears about once in every 55 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).