dérisoire
French, adjective/de.ʁi.zwaʁ/
dérisoire is spelled D-É-R-I-S-O-I-R-E (9 letters) and appears 2.0 times per million words in written French, the 20,380th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Dérisoire is a French adjective meaning “paltry, trivial” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Qui est fait par dérision, contient de la dérision”.
What does dérisoire mean in English?
adjective
- 1
paltry, trivial
- 2
hollow, pathetic
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Qui est fait par dérision, contient de la dérision. 2. Susceptible de provoquer la dérision du fait de son insignifiance, de sa petitesse. 3. Risiblement inutile, vain, inefficace.
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 dérisoire
- dérisoires plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce dérisoire?
- /de.ʁi.zwaʁ/
- \de.ʁi.zwaʁ\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to dérisoire
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is dérisoire in French?
dérisoire appears 2.0 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).