impitoyable
French, adjective/ɛ̃.pi.twa.jabl/
impitoyable is spelled I-M-P-I-T-O-Y-A-B-L-E (11 letters) and appears 2.9 times per million words in written French, the 16,327th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Impitoyable is a French adjective meaning “pitiless; merciless; severe” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Qui est insensible à la pitié, qui est sans pitié”.
What does impitoyable mean in English?
adjective
- 1
pitiless; merciless; severe
Near-synonym: intransigeant
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Qui est insensible à la pitié, qui est sans pitié. 2. Qui est d’une excessive sévérité, qui ne fait grâce à rien.
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 impitoyable
- impitoyables plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce impitoyable?
- /ɛ̃.pi.twa.jabl/
- \ɛ̃.pi.twa.jabl\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to impitoyable
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is impitoyable in French?
impitoyable appears 2.9 times per million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).