idolâtre

/\i.dɔ.lɑtʁ\/ adj

Letters

8 characters

Frequency Rank

#56,026

in French word usage

Misspellings

0

tracked variants

Confusables

0

similar word pairs

idolâtre is anFrenchadj. It means: Qui adore les idoles et leur rend des honneurs. Pronounced \i.dɔ.lɑtʁ\.

Key facts for idolâtre
PropertyValue
Headwordidolâtre
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdj
IPA\i.dɔ.lɑtʁ\
Letters8
Frequency rank#56,026
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of idolâtre in French word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The French entry for idolâtre is 8 letters long, classified as anadj, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \i.dɔ.lɑtʁ\. Corpus data places it at rank #56,026 in overall French word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.Wiktionary records 3 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

No misspelling variants are generated for idolâtre in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable French patterns.It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct French form is idolâtre, spelled I-D-O-L-Â-T-R-E, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Qui adore les idoles et leur rend des honneurs.
  2. 2
    Qui rend un culte divin à des êtres vivants ou à des choses autres que des idoles.
  3. 3
    Qui aime quelqu’un avec excès, ou qui estime trop une chose, qui en raffole.

This word in other languages

Frequency rank: #56,026 in French

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "idolâtre"?
"idolâtre" is spelled I-D-O-L-Â-T-R-E. The IPA pronunciation is \i.dɔ.lɑtʁ\.
What does "idolâtre" mean?
As an adj, "idolâtre" means: Qui adore les idoles et leur rend des honneurs.
How do you pronounce "idolâtre"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "idolâtre" is \i.dɔ.lɑtʁ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "idolâtre" come from?
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.