élémentaire
French, adjective/e.le.mɑ̃.tɛʁ/
élémentaire is spelled É-L-É-M-E-N-T-A-I-R-E (11 letters) and appears 6.3 times per million words in written French, the 9,451st most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Élémentaire is a French adjective meaning “element, elementary” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Qui constitue un élément”.
What does élémentaire mean in English?
adjective
- 1
element, elementary
interaction élémentaire
- 2
elementary
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Qui constitue un élément. 2. Qui est à la base, au niveau le moins élevé d’un ordre hiérarchique. 3. Qui donne les rudiments de base dans le processus d’apprentissage. 4. Simple, aisé, rudimentaire.
noun: 1. Être surnaturel associé aux éléments.
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 élémentaire
- élémentaires plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce élémentaire?
- /e.le.mɑ̃.tɛʁ/
- \e.le.mɑ̃.tɛʁ\
- [e.le.mɑ̃.tɛʁ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to élémentaire
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is élémentaire in French?
élémentaire appears 6.3 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).