étant donné que
\e.tɑ̃ dɔ.ne kə\
The verdict
“étant donné que” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a conjunction. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 15
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Puisque ; attendu que.
Corpus desk
Index FR-etant-donne-que · étant donné que · French
étant donné que · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 15 letters
- VOW-6 6 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "É" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | étant donné que |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Conjunction |
| IPA | \e.tɑ̃ dɔ.ne kə\ |
| Letters | 15 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « étant donné que » en français
Rare enough to double-check
étant donné que is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as aconjunction, transcribed \e.tɑ̃ dɔ.ne kə\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Puisque ; attendu que.".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for étant donné que, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct French form is étant donné que, spelled É-T-A-N-T- -D-O-N-N-É- -Q-U-E.
Definition
- 1Puisque ; attendu que.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how étant donné que appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Étant donné que la pollution marine atteint habituellement surtout des milieux marins côtiers assez localisés, il suffit dans la plupart des cas d'étudier les communautés benthiques du littoral, c'est-à-dire de la zone euphotique.
Certes, on ne voit pas bien en quoi les astres peuvent avoir quoi que ce soit à carrer de ce qui peut m'arriver, étant donné que justement, ce sont des astres, c'est-à-dire soit de grosses pierres dénuées de la moindre intelligence, […].
Synonyms
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.