excentricité
French, noun/ɛk.sɑ̃.tʁi.si.te/
excentricité is spelled E-X-C-E-N-T-R-I-C-I-T-É (12 letters) and appears about once in every 2 million words in written French, the 40,661st most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Excentricité is a French feminine noun meaning “eccentricity (ratio between distances in a conic section)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Position d’un centre qui s’écarte d’un point donné”.
What does excentricité mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineeccentricity (ratio between distances in a conic section)
- 2
feminineeccentricity (quality of being eccentric)
- 3
feminineeccentricity (eccentric behaviour)
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Position d’un centre qui s’écarte d’un point donné. 2. Caractéristique des coniques, indiquant la forme de la courbe. 3. Éloignement du centre. 4. État de celui, celle, ce qui est excentrique.
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 excentricité
- excentricités plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce excentricité?
- /ɛk.sɑ̃.tʁi.si.te/
- \ɛk.sɑ̃t.ʁi.si.te\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to excentricité
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is excentricité in French?
excentricité appears about once in every 2 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).