détestable
French, adjective/de.tɛs.tabl/
détestable is spelled D-É-T-E-S-T-A-B-L-E (10 letters) and appears 2.3 times per million words in written French, the 18,966th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Détestable is a French adjective meaning “detestable, despicable” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Qui doit être détesté”.
What does détestable mean in English?
adjective
- 1
detestable, despicable
- 2
informalawful, terrible, very bad at something
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Qui doit être détesté. 2. Qui est très mauvais dans son genre.
noun: 1. Ce qui est détestable.
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 détestable
- détestables plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce détestable?
- /de.tɛs.tabl/
- \de.tɛs.tabl\
- \detɛstabl\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to détestable
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is détestable in French?
détestable appears 2.3 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).