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disproportionné

French, adjective/dis.pʁɔ.pɔʁ.sjɔ.ne/

disproportionné is spelled D-I-S-P-R-O-P-O-R-T-I-O-N-N-É (15 letters) and appears about once in every 1 million words in written French, the 34,908th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Disproportionné is a French adjective meaning “misproportioned, disproportionate, out of proportion, misshaped (not in a proper or pleasing relation to other things, especially in terms…” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a past participle of disproportionner. The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Qui manque de proportion”.

What does disproportionné mean in English?

adjective

  1. 1

    misproportioned, disproportionate, out of proportion, misshaped (not in a proper or pleasing relation to other things, especially in terms of size)

  2. 2

    out of proportion, excessive, exaggerate, disproportionate

verb

  1. 1

    past participle of disproportionner

Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How French dictionaries define it

adjective: 1. Qui manque de proportion.

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 disproportionné

  • disproportionnée feminine
  • disproportionnés masculine plural
  • disproportionnées feminine plural

Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

How do you pronounce disproportionné?

  • /dis.pʁɔ.pɔʁ.sjɔ.ne/

Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.

English words that translate to disproportionné

Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.

How common is disproportionné in French?

disproportionné 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).

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