épouvantable
French, adjective/e.pu.vɑ̃.tabl/
épouvantable is spelled É-P-O-U-V-A-N-T-A-B-L-E (12 letters) and appears 3.0 times per million words in written French, the 16,088th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Épouvantable is a French adjective meaning “atrocious, awful, appalling” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Qui cause de l’épouvante”.
What does épouvantable mean in English?
adjective
- 1
atrocious, awful, appalling
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Qui cause de l’épouvante. 2. Qui est étonnant, incroyable, étrange, excessif. 3. Qui est horrible, très mauvais, excessivement nul.
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 épouvantable
- épouvantables plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce épouvantable?
- /e.pu.vɑ̃.tabl/
- \e.pu.vɑ̃.tabl\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to épouvantable
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is épouvantable in French?
épouvantable appears 3.0 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).