foucaldien
French, adjective/fu.kal.djɛ̃/
foucaldien is spelled F-O-U-C-A-L-D-I-E-N (10 letters) and appears about once in every 69 million words in written French, the 261,491st most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Foucaldien is a French adjective meaning “Foucauldian” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Qui est relatif à Michel Foucault, à sa pensée”.
What does foucaldien mean in English?
adjective
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Foucauldian
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Qui est relatif à Michel Foucault, à sa pensée. 2. Qui est relatif à Charles de Foucauld, à sa spiritualité.
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 foucaldien
- foucaldienne feminine
- foucaldiens masculine plural
- foucaldiennes feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce foucaldien?
- /fu.kal.djɛ̃/
- \fu.kal.djɛ̃\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is foucaldien in French?
foucaldien appears about once in every 69 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).