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hitchcockien

French, adjective/itʃ.kɔ.kjɛ̃/

hitchcockien is spelled H-I-T-C-H-C-O-C-K-I-E-N (12 letters) and appears about once in every 32 million words in written French, the 179,956th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Hitchcockien is a French adjective meaning “Hitchcockian” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Relatif au cinéaste Alfred Hitchcock”.

What does hitchcockien mean in English?

adjective

  1. 1

    Hitchcockian

Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How French dictionaries define it

adjective: 1. Relatif au cinéaste Alfred Hitchcock. 2. Se dit d’une œuvre de fiction ou d’une situation dont l’intrigue présente une tension intense. 3. Qualifie un héros ou une héroïne de fiction qui a des points communs marquants avec ceux d’Hitchcock.

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 hitchcockien

  • hitchcockienne feminine
  • hitchcockiens masculine plural
  • hitchcockiennes feminine plural

Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

How do you pronounce hitchcockien?

  • /itʃ.kɔ.kjɛ̃/
  • \itʃ.kɔ.kjɛ̃\

Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.

English words that translate to hitchcockien

Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.

How common is hitchcockien in French?

hitchcockien appears about once in every 32 million words in written French.

Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).

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