dérogatoire
French, adjective/de.ʁɔ.ɡa.twaʁ/
dérogatoire is spelled D-É-R-O-G-A-T-O-I-R-E (11 letters) and appears about once in every 1 million words in written French, the 37,217th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Dérogatoire is a French adjective meaning “dispensatory” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Qui contient une dérogation, qui emporte dérogation”.
What does dérogatoire mean in English?
adjective
- 1
dispensatory
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Qui contient une dérogation, qui emporte dérogation.
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 dérogatoire
- dérogatoires plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce dérogatoire?
- /de.ʁɔ.ɡa.twaʁ/
- \de.ʁɔ.ɡa.twaʁ\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is dérogatoire in French?
dérogatoire appears about once in every 1 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).