incompréhensible
French, adjective/ɛ̃.kɔ̃.pʁe.ɑ̃.sibl/
incompréhensible is spelled I-N-C-O-M-P-R-É-H-E-N-S-I-B-L-E (16 letters) and appears 4.7 times per million words in written French, the 11,729th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Incompréhensible is a French adjective meaning “incomprehensible” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Qui ne peut pas être compris”.
What does incompréhensible mean in English?
adjective
- 1
incomprehensible
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 pas être compris. 2. Qui est très difficile à comprendre. 3. Qualifie une personne dont on ne peut s’expliquer le caractère, la conduite.
noun: 1. Ce qui ne peut pas être compris.
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 incompréhensible
- incompréhensibles plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce incompréhensible?
- /ɛ̃.kɔ̃.pʁe.ɑ̃.sibl/
- \ɛ̃.kɔ̃.pʁe.ɑ̃.sibl\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to incompréhensible
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is incompréhensible in French?
incompréhensible appears 4.7 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).