éristique
French, adjective/e.ʁis.tik/
éristique is spelled É-R-I-S-T-I-Q-U-E (9 letters) and appears about once in every 47 million words in written French, the 216,805th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Éristique is a French adjective meaning “eristic” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Qui se rapporte à la controverse elle-même”.
What does éristique mean in English?
adjective
- 1
eristic
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Qui se rapporte à la controverse elle-même. 2. S’emploie pour désigner un tempérament chicaneur et sophistique.
noun: 1. Philosophe appartenant à l’école de Mégare.
noun: 1. Art de la controverse.
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 éristique
- éristiques plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce éristique?
- /e.ʁis.tik/
- \e.ʁis.tik\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is éristique in French?
éristique appears about once in every 47 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).