diatribe
French, noun/dja.tʁib/
diatribe is spelled D-I-A-T-R-I-B-E (8 letters) and appears about once in every 2 million words in written French, the 42,802nd most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Diatribe is a French feminine noun meaning “diatribe (abusive, bitter discourse)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Critique amère et violente”.
What does diatribe mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininediatribe (abusive, bitter discourse)
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Critique amère et violente. 2. Discours ou écrit violent et injurieux.
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 diatribe
- diatribes plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce diatribe?
- /dja.tʁib/
- \dja.tʁib\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to diatribe
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is diatribe in French?
diatribe appears about once in every 2 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).