extradiégétique
French, adjective/ɛk.stʁa.dje.ʒe.tik/
extradiégétique is spelled E-X-T-R-A-D-I-É-G-É-T-I-Q-U-E (15 letters) and appears about once in every 68 million words in written French, the 258,710th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Extradiégétique is a French adjective meaning “extradiegetic, out-of-universe” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Qui est extérieur à la narration”.
What does extradiégétique mean in English?
adjective
- 1
extradiegetic, out-of-universe
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Qui est extérieur à la narration. 2. Qui est extérieur à la diégèse, c’est-à-dire qui ne fait pas partie de l’action ou qui n’est pas lié aux événements dans une œuvre de fiction.
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 extradiégétique
- extradiégétiques plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce extradiégétique?
- /ɛk.stʁa.dje.ʒe.tik/
- \ɛks.tʁa.dje.ʒe.tik\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is extradiégétique in French?
extradiégétique appears about once in every 68 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).