implacable
French, adjective
implacable is spelled I-M-P-L-A-C-A-B-L-E (10 letters) and appears 2.6 times per million words in written French, the 17,365th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Implacable is a French adjective meaning “implacable, harsh, unrelenting” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With a cedilla, implaçable is a different word: “unplaceable; that cannot be put or placed”. The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Qui ne peut être apaisé”.
What does implacable mean in English?
adjective
- 1
implacable, harsh, unrelenting
adjective
- 1
unplaceable; that cannot be put or placed
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Qui ne peut être apaisé. 2. Dont la rigueur est inflexible. (définition tirée du tlfi, consulté le 14 août 2017)
adjective: 1. Qui ne peut pas être placé (par exemple, chez un employeur, sur une grille de Scrabble, etc.).
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 implacable
- implacables plural
- implaçables plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to implacable
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is implacable in French?
implacable appears 2.6 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).