histrionique
French, adjective/is.tʁi.jɔ.nik/
histrionique is spelled H-I-S-T-R-I-O-N-I-Q-U-E (12 letters) and appears about once in every 45 million words in written French, the 212,128th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Histrionique is a French adjective meaning “histrionic, melodramatic, attention-seeking” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Qui concerne les histrions, les comédiens”.
What does histrionique mean in English?
adjective
- 1
histrionic, melodramatic, attention-seeking
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Qui concerne les histrions, les comédiens. 2. Qui a besoin d’être aimé, d’être au centre de l’attention des autres.
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 histrionique
- histrioniques plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce histrionique?
- /is.tʁi.jɔ.nik/
- \i.stʁi.jɔ.nik\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to histrionique
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is histrionique in French?
histrionique appears about once in every 45 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).