désirable
French, adjective/de.zi.ʁabl/
désirable is spelled D-É-S-I-R-A-B-L-E (9 letters) and appears 1.4 times per million words in written French, the 25,925th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Désirable is a French adjective meaning “desirable” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Qui mérite d’être désiré ; qui excite le désir”.
What does désirable mean in English?
adjective
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desirable
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Qui mérite d’être désiré ; qui excite le désir. 2. Qui provoque à la concupiscence.
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 désirable
- désirables plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce désirable?
- /de.zi.ʁabl/
- \de.zi.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 désirable
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is désirable in French?
désirable appears 1.4 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).