didascalie

\di.da.ska.li\

/\di.da.ska.li\/ noun

The verdict

“didascalie” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

Unranked
below top-frequency French
10
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Instruction que le poète dramatique donnait aux acteurs sur la manière dont ils devaient jouer ses pièces.

Corpus desk

Index FR-didascalie · didascalie · French

didascalie · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
  • LEN-MEGA 10 letters
  • VOW-5 5 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-THIN "D" thin
  • PHOTO-UNK Peer pending

Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.

Key facts for didascalie
PropertyValue
Headworddidascalie
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\di.da.ska.li\
Letters10
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « didascalie » en français

didascaliesiège au-delà des 100.000 formes les plus fréquentes du français, dans la traîne du lexique spécialisé ou peu usité.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

didascalie is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \di.da.ska.li\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 4 senses are on record.

didascalie doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is didascalie, spelled D-I-D-A-S-C-A-L-I-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Instruction que le poète dramatique donnait aux acteurs sur la manière dont ils devaient jouer ses pièces.
  2. 2
    Documents grecs sur les pièces jouées, l’époque de leur représentation, etc.
  3. 3
    Courte notice placée en tête des pièces de théâtre.
  4. 4
    Dans les dialogues d’une pièce de théâtre ou d’un film, notes de l’auteur ne faisant pas partie de ce dialogue, donnant aux acteurs et aux metteurs en scène des indications sur le jeu, les personnages, les déplacements.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how didascalie appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. On n’a aucune ligne de dialogue dans nos scènes à deux, juste une didascalie "le plus poliment possible".
  2. Alfred Jarry écrit cette didascalie pour Ubu : « L’histoire se passe en Pologne, c’est-à-dire nulle part. »

This word in other languages

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "didascalie"?
"didascalie" is spelled D-I-D-A-S-C-A-L-I-E. The IPA pronunciation is \di.da.ska.li\.
What does "didascalie" mean?
As a noun, "didascalie" means: Instruction que le poète dramatique donnait aux acteurs sur la manière dont ils devaient jouer ses pièces.
How do you pronounce "didascalie"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "didascalie" is \di.da.ska.li\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "didascalie" come from?
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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list