déplorable
French, adjective/de.plɔ.ʁabl/
déplorable is spelled D-É-P-L-O-R-A-B-L-E (10 letters) and appears 3.0 times per million words in written French, the 15,828th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Déplorable is a French adjective meaning “lamentable, regrettable” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Digne qu'on pleure sur son sort ; digne de pitié”.
What does déplorable mean in English?
adjective
- 1
lamentable, regrettable
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Digne qu'on pleure sur son sort ; digne de pitié. 2. Qui mérite d’être déploré, en parlant des choses. 3. Qui est très mauvais.
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 déplorable
- déplorables plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce déplorable?
- /de.plɔ.ʁabl/
- \de.plɔ.ʁabl\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to déplorable
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is déplorable in French?
déplorable appears 3.0 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).