imprécis
French, adjective/ɛ̃.pʁe.si/
imprécis is spelled I-M-P-R-É-C-I-S (8 letters) and appears about once in every 1 million words in written French, the 33,160th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Imprécis is a French adjective meaning “imprecise; lacking precision” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Qui n’est pas précis ou qui n’est pas précisé”.
What does imprécis mean in English?
adjective
- 1
imprecise; lacking precision
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Qui n’est pas précis ou qui n’est pas précisé.
noun: 1. Ce qui est imprécis.
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 imprécis
- imprécise feminine
- imprécises feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce imprécis?
- /ɛ̃.pʁe.si/
- \ɛ̃.pʁe.si\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to imprécis
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is imprécis in French?
imprécis appears about once in every 1 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).