hyperbate
French, noun/i.pɛʁ.bat/
hyperbate is spelled H-Y-P-E-R-B-A-T-E (9 letters) and appears about once in every 45 million words in written French, the 212,128th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Hyperbate is a French feminine noun meaning “hyperbaton” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Figure de style qui consiste à intervertir, à renverser l’ordre naturel du discours. Elle se présente souvent…”.
What does hyperbate mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininehyperbaton
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Figure de style qui consiste à intervertir, à renverser l’ordre naturel du discours. Elle se présente souvent comme la continuation ou la reprise d’une phrase qui semblait terminée.
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 hyperbate
- hyperbates plural
- ^((h muet))\i.pɛʁ.bat\ singular plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce hyperbate?
- /i.pɛʁ.bat/
- ^((h muet))\i.pɛʁ.bat\
- [i.pɛʁ.bat]
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is hyperbate in French?
hyperbate 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).