douceâtre
French, adjective/du.satʁ/
douceâtre is spelled D-O-U-C-E-Â-T-R-E (9 letters) and appears about once in every 19 million words in written French, the 141,352nd most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Douceâtre is a French adjective meaning “sweetish, sickly” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Qui est d’une douceur fade”.
What does douceâtre mean in English?
adjective
- 1
derogatorysweetish, sickly
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Qui est d’une douceur fade.
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 douceâtre
- douceâtres plural
- douçâtre alternative
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce douceâtre?
- /du.satʁ/
- /du.sɑtʁ/
- \du.satʁ\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to douceâtre
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is douceâtre in French?
douceâtre appears about once in every 19 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).